1301. THE MAGIC STAR Amber HEAVLY WHITTLED Glass HG

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: indicator
Price: $1,360.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: DEEP HONEY AMBER

Closure: correct original matching glass lid and original 3-piece cast iron clamp assembly

Appearance: sparkling with a fantastic whittled effect all over

Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth, small flake on the bottom of the glass lid

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "1"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce and a fantastic, whittled example

   

1302. SKY BLUE Wax Sealer W & Co Pittsburgh Qt

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: stardust*
Price: $126.00

Size: QUART

Color: SKY BLUE

Closure: applied grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish for a tin cap sealed with wax

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: flat chips on the outer ring

Strength of embossing: strong (base)

Base: "W & Co PITTSBURGH"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce 

   

1303. THE LADIES FAVORITE Wm HALLER Carlisle PA

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: rickjar
Price: $5,915.99

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original 2-inch cast iron Willoughby stopple with original gasket. Nice and clean on top with very little rust, and minor rusting on the bottom.

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: Has a tiny flake on top of the mouth. The cast iron stopple is in nice shape. Has an interesting small manufacturer's casting void made into the bottom plate of the stopper as shown. This is from the making, not from rusting.

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: c1860

Availability: rare

Est: 7000-10000

   

1304. THE LEADER Amber PINT

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: jean.bedillion
Price: $475.00

Size: PINT

Color: LIGHT AMBER

Closure: correct original glass lid and original 2-piece iron clamp assembly

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage except for some chipping on the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "4"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in pint size

   

1305. NEW PARAGON 6 Aqua Quart HAMMERED WHITTLE

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: phillips7770
Price: $520.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original unmarked glass lid with three bottom notches, and original sheet iron band with three impressed lugs

Appearance: sparkling with an extremely heavy whittled effect all over, and seed bubbles

Condition: no damage, flaking along the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare with this much glass character

   

1306. THE HERO Half Gallon ORIGINAL CLOSURE

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: glassmandaveh
Price: $167.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original lettered tin insert cap and correct narrow zinc band

Appearance: shiny

Condition: The jar is in good shape with no damage except for flaking off the ground mouth. The metal has one tiny pinhole in the outer flange of the insert cap.

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: shown

Age: c1870

Availability: scarce with original closure

   

1307. GLOBE Amber PINT

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: Lillian
Price: $90.00

Size: PINT

Color: AMBER

Closure: correct original matching glass lid and original iron clamp assembly

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage except for normal flaking of the ground mouth, and a small flake on the bottom edge of the glass lid

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: "8"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

   

1308. THE FAMILY FRUIT JAR Quart ALL ORIGINAL

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: crazyhorse
Price: $507.22

Size: QUART

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: correct original glass lid and original spring-loaded iron wire clamp assembly

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage, normal flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: "PATD OCT 18 - 1887"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare and a fine, all-original example

   

1309. CROSS Above MASONS 1858 Quart YELLOW GREEN

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: jonblack
Price: $40.00

Size: QUART

Color: YELLOW GREEN

Closure: early HERO zinc cap

Appearance: shiny with a faint trace of inside deposit

Condition: no damage except for flaking off the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "69"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon in this appealing color

   

1310. BLOESER JAR Aqua QUART

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: dingram
Price: $379.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original glass lid and original 3-piece metal cam-action clamp assembly

Appearance: shiny

Condition: No damage including an excellent ground mouth with very little nicking. Has a shallow open bubble on the neck collar.

Strength of embossing: medium to strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

1311. TUDOR ROSE Midget PINT Masons 1858 w/ IMMERSER CAP

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: EppsFruitJars
Price: $275.90

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: fine original Disk Immerser midget cap with original milk glass immerser insert all in beautiful condition

Appearance: shiny

Condition: No damage, the ground mouth is both ground and polished.

Strength of embossing: Snowflake Emblem is strong and sharp, Masons lettering is light to medium.

Base: "A4"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce midget pint, and with a beautiful closure

   

1312. FIGURAL BARREL Quart COHANSEY Wax Sealer

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: pepsi365
Price: $85.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original glass lid

Appearance: jar is shiny, has some traces of canning materials trapped in the wax seal channel

Condition: jar is in good shape with no damage, the glass lid has a small bruise on the top inner edge and some haze

Base:  "COHANSEY GLASS MFG Co 1"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

   

1313. BLACK Qt HARTELLS Jar w/ ORIGINAL Glass Pharmacy LABEL

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: color1858masons
Price: $1,350.00

Size: QUART

Color: BLACK AMETHYST

Closure: correct original Hartells style glass lid with 1858 patent date, in the exact matching Black Amethyst color and retaining the original undisturbed sealing gasket

Appearance: shiny

Condition: No damage, flaking all around the ground mouth. Note that the original glass label is in good shape (the dark area on the label shown in the photo is merely a reflection, the label is in fact a bright and solid gold color all over)

Base: unmarked

Age: 1860's

Availability: Rare, especially with the original undisturbed pharmacal label, because most examples had their labels removed by fruit jar collectors and dealers in years past

   

1314. THE VAN VLIET JAR of 1881 Side Wire QUART

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: redshedman46
Price: $760.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original glass lid and correct original 3-piece iron clamp and wrap-around wire. The metal is very clean with no rust at all. This is the scarce side-wire version.

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage, the ground mouth has flaking off the edges

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "5" and the mold was modified to fill in a once-deeper side-wire groove

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce and a fine example

   

1315. IRON PONTIL Cunninghams DEEP AQUA Quart

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: stardust*
Price: $155.00

Size: QUART

Color: STRONG AQUAMARINE

Closure: applied ring collar mouth for a cork closure, a cork is included

Appearance: shiny with a bit of crude & swirly glass character and a light whittled effect

Condition: no damage

Base: pushed in with an Iron Pontil scar

Age: 1850's

Availability: scarce 

   

1316. THE LEADER Amber HALF GALLON

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: jargazer
Price: $175.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AMBER

Closure: correct original glass lid and an old-looking replica 2-piece metal clamp assembly

Appearance: shiny with a seed-bubbly glass character

Condition: no damage, normal flaking of the ground mouth, the glass lid has some minor edge chipping

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "11"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

   

1317. ALL RIGHT PATd 1868 Qt w/ Scarce ORGINAL CLOSURE

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: tunngavik
Price: $405.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original dome-shaped iron cap and original wire clamp

Appearance: shiny

Condition: jar has no damage except for flaking off the ground mouth, metal cap has a couple of pinholes in the flanged edge

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PATD NOV 26 1861" (note date error, should read "1867")

Age: c1870

Availability: scarce especially with original closure

   

1318. CROWLETOWN Masons 1858 MIDGET PINT w/ ORIGINAL CAP

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: dingram
Price: $2,989.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct rare original unlined zinc cap with two vertical lugs on top

Appearance: shiny

Condition: The jar has no damage with the exception of normal flaking of the ground mouth, and there is a small open bubble on the inside. The original cap has a couple of pinholes in the threads but is a good solid cap overall.

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: flat & unmarked

Age: c1860

Availability: rare

   

1319. GILBERDS IMPROVED (Star) JAR Aqua HALF GALLON

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: longjar
Price: $455.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original aqua glass lid and original heavy iron wire clamp

Appearance: sparkling with a light whittled effect

Condition: no damage, normal flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "1"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

1320. MASONS (Hero Cross) PATENT 1858 Quart AMBER

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: iwant2squeezeu
Price: $171.00

Size: QUART

Color: MEDIUM AMBER

Closure: Hero zinc cap

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage except for roughness and flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "616"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon, and the embossing is better than usual

   

1321. PEERLESS Aqua HALF GALLON All Original

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: darrellp
Price: $385.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original glass lid and cast iron yoke clamp

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: Jar has no damage with the exception of a small nick on the inner edge of the mouth. The threaded post on the glass lid has good threads without chipping.

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

1322. ELECTRIC (World Globe) AQUA PINT w Rare ORIGINAL CLAMP

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: EppsFruitJars
Price: $310.90

Size: PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original glass lid and rare ORIGINAL iron wire clamp

Appearance: shiny

Condition: Good condition with flaking of the ground mouth, and the glass lid has minor edge nicking

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PATD APd FOR 9"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in pint size, and original clamps are extremely scarce

   

1323. STAR & CRESCENT SELF SEALING Jar AQUA Qt

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: dingram
Price: $1,011.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original drop-on zinc cap with white milk glass liner

Appearance: shiny

Condition: Jar is in nice shape with minimal nicking of the ground mouth. The milk glass liner of the zinc cap has a short hairline towards one side.

Strength of embossing: medium to strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: Rare. This jar displays wonderful pictorial embossing.

   

1324. Large 20 on Base AMBER WAX SEALER Quart

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: baptiste35
Price: $170.00

Size: QUART

Color: AMBER

Closure: applied grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish for a tin cap sealed with wax, early unmarked tin cap included

Appearance: sparkling with a crude glass character

Condition: no damage

Base: "20" in a large lettering style

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

1325. WORCESTER Aqua Quart w/ ORIGINAL STOPPER

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: glassmandaveh
Price: $247.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original heavy glass stopper

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: c1860's

Availability: scarce jar and rare to find a stopper in undamaged condition