1326. MYERS TEST JAR Aqua QUART

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: cindadom
Price: $100.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original glass lid and a fine replica brass clamp

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: Good condition with a small chip on the ground mouth, small open bubble inside the heel

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "2"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

1327. THE HERO Quart w/ EARLY CLOSURE

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $72.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Early Hero Improved style closure with zinc cap insert with glass lining and a zinc screw band

Appearance: shiny

Condition: good condition with roughness of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "CUNNINGHAMS & IHMSEN PITTSBURGH PA 58"

Age: c1870's

Availability: uncommon

   

1328. TUDOR ROSE Mason 1858 MIDGET PINT Aqua w PICKLE PUSHER

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: stansl00
Price: $725.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: fine correct original disk immerser cap with milk glass pickle pusher insert

Appearance: shiny with a seedy glass character

Condition: Nice condition including a good ground rim with very little flaking.

Strength of embossing: Tudor Rose is strong, Masons lettering is medium.

Base: "A1"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce and a fine example with a beautiful original closure

   

1329. WW LYMAN 9 Aqua HALF GALLON w/ ORIGINAL CAP Whittled

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: plantman
Price: $125.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original tin cap in good shape

Appearance: sparkling with a good whittled effect all over

Condition: good condition with shallow chipping of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: c1870

Availability: scarce with original cap

   

1330. LAFAYETTE (PROFILE BUST) Aqua QUART Sharp

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: dingram
Price: $1,510.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Comes with the sheriff's badge style closure of the type normally seen on the applied mouth jars.

Appearance: shiny

Condition: The jar is in fine shape with no damage including a perfect ground mouth. The glass stopper has some bruising on the bottom edge.

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "4"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare Profile bust version and a fine example

   

1331. S McKEE Wax Sealer Qt YELLOW GREEN w/ ORIGINAL CAP

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: cavemann57
Price: $353.00

Size: QUART

Color: RICH YELLOW GREEN

Closure: rare correct original McKee tin cap

Appearance: shiny

Condition: Jar is in good shape with a flat chip on the outer surface of the applied outer ring. Has one partially open bubble on the inside. Rare embossed tin cap has roughness along the lower edge, but displays great on the jar.

Base: "S McKEE & Co 1"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare

   

1332. CLARKE FRUIT JAR Co CLEVELAND Quart

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: goldmnr49r
Price: $75.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Correct original 4-piece cam-action clamp assembly made of iron, zinc and brass, and a replaced Lightning style aqua glass lid.

Appearance: shiny

Condition: good condition with the usual flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: medium to strong

Base: "53"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

1333. JOHN MOORE & Co FISLERVILLE NJ Aqua Qt

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: Joe Butewicz
Price: $300.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original slightly dome-shaped glass lid and original cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew

Appearance: shiny

Condition: jar in great shape with no damage, lid has a small chip on one of the top lugs

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: c1860's

Availability: scarce

   

1334. STARK (K in a Star) JAR Clear QUART

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: Lillian
Price: $45.00

Size: QUART

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: original glass lid with yoke clamp and coil spring

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: mint, never used

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's

Availability: uncommon

   

1335. MASON FRUIT JAR Amber Pint Early Ground Lip Style

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: ronash
Price: $875.00

Size: PINT

Color: AMBER

Closure: early correct MFJCo zinc cap

Appearance: sparkling with a light whittled effect

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: very strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: very scarce in pint size

   

1336. WOODBURY WGW Monogram Aqua PINT

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: thomas larkin
Price: $125.00

Size: PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original glass lid, iron yoke clamp, and brass mini-cap

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: no damage, minor nicking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "WOODBURY GLASS WORKS WOODBURY, NJ"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon in pint size

   

1337. GALLON Size MASONS (Cross) 1858 Over Ghosted THE PEARL

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: goldexchange
Price: $1,750.00

Size:  GALLON+

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Correct original rare style with white milk glass liner embossed with Hero Cross

Appearance: shiny

Condition: Jar is in good shape with no damage, normal minor flaking of the ground mouth. The rare original zinc cap is in good shape with a section or roughness along the lower flange and a tiny pinhole in the metal threads.

Strength of embossing: strong lettering over a ghosted "THE PEARL"

Base: unmarked

Age: c1870's

Availability: very scarce oversized jar

   

1338. Trade Mark LIGHTNING Deep Amber PINT

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: jsalvage09
Price: $120.00

Size:  PINT

Color: DEEP AMBER

Closure: original glass lid and wire bail closure

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage including a perfect ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PUTNAM 319"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

   

1339. MASONS (Keystone) KEYSTONE Aqua Qt

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: NickJ
Price: $95.00

Size:  QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: replacement glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: no damage, normal flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PATd JAN 19 1869" encircling a "25"

Age: c1870's

Availability: uncommon and a sharp example of this appealing early jar

   

1340. NON-PERFORATED Zinc Cap For Scarce MANSFIELD JAR

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: rnb3
Price: $73.00

This is the scarce original non-perforated zinc screw cap for the rare MANSFIELD jars, Redbook listing 1618 & 1619.

Condition: Good solid shape with some surface corrosion, and a tiny pinhole in the center

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

1341. Early Drop-on Tin Cap For FREE BLOWN OP STORAGE Jar

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: EppsFruitJars
Price: $32.00

An early tin drop-on cap for a 19th century free-blown storage jar.

Size: roughly 4 inches in diameter

Condition: good clean condition with very little rust

Age: 1800's

Availability: scarce to find this cap as a spare

   

1342. Rare HARTELL & LETCHWORTH Pat 1866 Tin Lid

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: EppsFruitJars
Price: $25.00

An early HARTELL & LETCHWORTH tin cap for an unknown jar or jelly glass. Has a series of 6 notches pressed into the outer skirt. Redbook listing is 1213-1.

Size: roughly 3 inches in diameter

Condition: fine condition without rust

Age: c1870

Availability: rare

   

1343. Small Mouth PINT KLINE STOPPER Pat 1863 RARE

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: palmer163trees
Price: $115.00

A rare original stopper for a pint sized small mouth KLINE jar.

Size: the bottom diameter is roughly 1-5/8 inches

Color: AQUAMARINE

Condition: good condition with one thin flake on the edge of the crossbar handle

Age: c1860's

Availability: rare

   

1344. BALL PERFECTION No 2 MUNCIE INDIANA Rare CLEAR LID

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: jfh
Price: $2,536.75

A rare clear version of the insert lid for the Perfection-closure BALL MASON jar 238-5 or 273-9. Unlisted in clear glass. Most of the previous known examples are white milk glass.

Size: roughly 2-3/4 inches in diameter 

Color: COLORLESS

Condition: two tiny edge chips

Age: early 1900's

Availability: extremely rare

   

1346. CLAMP and GLASS LID For THE VALVE JAR

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: ktighe
Price: $63.60

A complete closure for "THE VALVE JAR" which fits any size...pint, quart or half gallon. The glass lid is original, the wire coil-shaped clamp in a fine replica.

Size: fits any size jar 

Condition: chip on the edge of the glass lid

Availability: scarce closure

   

1347. Orig CAST IRON 2-3/8 WILLOUGHBY STOPPLE Fine CONDITION

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: camjam1
Price: $305.55

An original Willoughby cast iron stopple in beautiful condition and retaining the original gasket

Size:  2-3/8 inch size

Condition: clean shape with almost no rust and still has the original gasket

Age: c1860's

Availability: scarce and one of the best examples of this stopple we've seen

   

1348. EMERALD GREEN Rare Color KERR BELL 1976

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $749.00

Size:  STANDARD

Color: EMERALD GREEN

Closure: 2-piece dome cap

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: mint

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: pontil scar

Age: c1976

Availability: rare, only a few examples were blown in this color during the run of red, white, and blue jars

   

1349. THE HERO IMPROVED Aqua QUART ORIGINAL CLOSURE

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $138.78

Size:  QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct original zinc cap insert with aqua glass liner and narrow zinc screw band

Appearance: shiny

Condition: nice condition including a good ground mouth with very little flaking

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PATd NOV 26 1867" encircling a "55"

Age: c1870's

Availability: scarce

   

1350. McCULLY MAGIC FRUIT JAR DALBEYS PAT 1866 Aqua HG

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: randolph
Price: $560.00

Size:  HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: metal cap and cam-action clamp are fine older replicas with good color

Appearance: shiny

Condition: jar is in nice overall shape, with one bruise on the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong on front and back

Base: 3 raised elongated "feet"

Age: c1860's

Availability: rare

   

1351. YELLOW GREEN Wax Sealer Quart KYGW

Start Date: 03/15/2010
End Date: 03/25/2010
Buyer: earlyjars
Price: $115.00

Size:  QUART

Color: RICH YELLOW GREEN

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

Appearance: shiny

Condition: a shallow chip runs along the inside edge of the outer ring (at 3 o'clock position in photo of mouth)

Base: KYGWCo

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this bright color