1301. THE MAGIC STAR Amber HEAVLY WHITTLED Glass HG
Start Date: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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: 03/15/2010End 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