13878. BGCo Wax Sealer GOLDEN AMBER Half Gallon

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: rnb3
Price: $100.00

Size:  HALF GALLON

Color: LIGHT GOLDEN AMBER

Closure:  grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  pinhead size flake on the inner edge of the outer mouth

Embossing:  base only

Base:  "BGCo"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: rare

   

13879. MIDGET Pint BBGMCo w/ BALL BROS MILK GLASS Lid

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: crockman
Price: $827.77

Size:  MIDGET PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  scarce correct original Ball Bros Buffalo NY insert in white milk glass, and a zinc midget band

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  edge chips on the mouth, has a skin-deep open bubble on the inside

Embossing:  strong

Base:  unmarked

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: very scarce in this small size and a great looking example

   

13880. Trade Mark LIGHTNING Quart YELLOW GREEN

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: Saw1978
Price: $240.00

Size:  QUART

Color: YELLOW GREEN

Closure:  original lid is more olive toned than the jar, original wire clamp assembly

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  edge flaking on the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base:  "PUTNAM 242"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: a scarce and appealing color

   

13881. WHITMORES PATENT ROCHESTER NY (error) QT All Original

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: nwlawns
Price: $290.00

Size:  QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  original high-finned clear glass lid and original shaped brass clamp, the lid has some side flakes on the ramps

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  normal nicking of the ground mouth

Embossing:  medium, and note the backwards-embossed "N", a mold-maker's error

Base:  unmarked

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

13882. BLAIR & HARGER BLANDFORD MASS Pat May 24 1881 QUART

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: change549
Price: $101.79

Size:  QUART

Color: clear

Closure:  original embossed glass lid, original lugged zinc band, and original white sealing gasket

Appearance: good with a trace of content haze

Condition:  small fish-eye ding on the lip of the mouth

Embossing:  medium

Base:  "BLAIR & HARGER BLANDFORD MASS"

Age:  late 1800's (this item is pressed glass, not blown)

Availability: rare

   

13883. STAR GLASS Co NEW ALBANY IND Half Gallon

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: TDG
Price: $55.00

Size:  HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:   grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish

Appearance: has areas of wear on the left side

Condition: no damage including a perfect lip 

Embossing:  medium

Base:  "3"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

   

13884. MASONS PATENT 1858 Black Glass QUART Hemingray

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: lisaeric
Price: $10,439.99

Size:  QUART

Color: BLACK GLASS

Closure:  early lugged zinc cap, and probably the original, since this jar had always been passed down in the family as a keepsake

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  shallow chipping on the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base:  "4"

Age:  1877

Availability:  Made in 1877 by the Hemingray Glass Co of Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. In that year Adam Dickey of Middletown, Ohio obtained a patent for black glass to be used in preserving fruit under the premise of allegedly preventing discoloration of the produce. See the Patent. The concept of opaque black glass for canning jars was not successful in the market, as evidenced by the very few examples of these jars now in existence.

   

13885. J&B FRUIT JAR Patd 1898 PINT

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: Jud Davidson
Price: $81.89

Size:  PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  zinc cap not the original

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  normal nicking of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base:  "4"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

   

13886. JOHN MOORE & Co FISLERVILLE Quart

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: myjarz
Price: $347.70

Size:  QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  original glass lid and original cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew (chips on lid)

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  jar has no damage

Embossing:  medium

Base:  unmarked

Age:  1860's

Availability: scarce and highly appealing with this script embossing style

   

13887. GLOBE WIDE MOUTH Half Gallon

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: myjarz
Price: $321.00

Size:  HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  all original

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  no damage

Embossing:  medium

Base:  unmarked

Age:  early 1900's

Availability: scarce and especially in this size

   

13888. FCGCo Wax Sealer YELLOW OLIVE Quart

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: moorejnb
Price: $235.00

Size:  QUART

Color: YELLOW OLIVE

Closure:  grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish and comes with an early unmarked tin cap

Appearance: sparkling glass with crude character

Condition:  2 tiny chips on the outer ring of the mouth

Embossing:  base only

Base:  "FCGCo"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this bold and appealing color

   

13889. WESTERN PRIDE PATd 1875 Quart w/ ORIGINAL CLAMP

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: MyIowagirl
Price: $222.00

Size:  QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  original glass lid (one edge chip) and original cast iron clamp (rust pitting but still solid)

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  one fish-eye ding on the lip of the mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base:  unmarked

Age:  c1875

Availability: scarce

   

13890. GLOBE Quart OLIVE YELLOW AMBER Crude

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: Duke1988
Price: $850.00

Size:  QUART

Color: OLIVE YELLOW AMBER

Closure:  all original, the lid is yellow amber (edge chip)

Appearance: sparkling glass with a finely whittled effect and full of tiny seed bubbles

Condition:  normal edge flaking on the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base:  "34"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: rare in this appealing color and a beautiful example

   

13891. WHITNEY Quart PATd 1866

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: Eifler
Price: $527.55

Size:  QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  original glass lid with 1866 patent date and possibly original zinc threaded ring

Appearance: shiny glass with a trace of haze in the bottom

Condition:  vertical fissure in the lip is shown

Embossing:  strong

Base:  "WHITNEY GLASS WORKS GLASSBORO NJ 3"

Age:  1860's

Availability: rare

   

13892. THE CFJCo QUEEN Whittled HALF GALLON

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: muddipaws
Price: $82.00

Size:  HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  glass lid with 1869 patent date and correct zinc band

Appearance: whittly and sparkling glass

Condition:  small chip on the threads

Embossing:  strong

Base:  "E204"

Age:  1870's

Availability: scarce and a great looking example

   

13893. STRONG GREEN Quart IRON PONTILED Stopper Jar

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: smacduck
Price: $827.55

Size:  QUART

Color: STRONG GREEN

Closure:  applied lip stopper well is made for a cork

Appearance: hammered whittle effect and sparkling

Condition:  no damage

Embossing:  n/a

Base:  iron pontil scar

Age:  1850's

Availability: rare in this color and a fantastic whittled example of this early Pittsburgh jar

   

13894. HAHNE & Co NEWARK NJ Rev MASONS 1858 QUART

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: Saw1978
Price: $80.00

Size:  QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  zinc cap

Appearance: crude and sparkling glass

Condition:  no damage including a good ground lip with very little flaking

Embossing:  light to medium

Base:  "C"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: an uncommon early Ball-made store brand jar

   

13895. TRADE MARK BEE HIVE Half Gallon

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: REOz
Price: $426.75

Size:  HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  aqua glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  nice condition, has a tiny bubble burst on the heel

Embossing:  strong

Base:  unmarked

Age:  early 1900's

Availability: a scarce and appealing old jar

   

13896. THE LEADER Pint LIGHT AMBER All Original

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: Saw1978
Price: $325.00

Size:  PINT

Color: LIGHT AMBER

Closure:  all original (2 small edge chips on the lid)

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  normal nicking of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base:  "7"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: scarce and a sharp looking example in a lighter color

   

13897. SMILING Logo BOLDT MASON JAR Quart

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: Jerry1952
Price: $174.00

Size:  QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure:  zinc cap

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  no damage

Embossing:  strong, and note the unusual lettering arrangement, referred-to by collectors as a "smiling Boldt" logo

Base:  unmarked

Age:  early 1900's

Availability: scarce

   

13898. AIR TIGHT FRUIT JAR Quart IRON PONTIL Strong Color

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: jack mullen
Price: $830.00

Size:  QUART

Color: STRONG AQUA

Closure:  grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish, with some manufacturing crudity and under-fill spots in the mouth, all original

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  no damage

Embossing:  strong

Base:  iron pontil scar

Age:  1850's

Availability: a scarce early jar and a fine example

   

13899. MASONS (Hero Cross) PATENT 1858 Quart OLIVE YELLOW

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: Jarhunt
Price: $350.00

Size:  QUART

Color: YELLOW OLIVE / CITRON

Closure:  Hero lugged cap

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  roughness and flaking of the ground mouth all around

Embossing:  medium

Base:  "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "415"

Age:  late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this appealing color

   

13900. LEFFERTS PATENT 1859 Cast Iron Quart

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: otus-asio
Price: $825.00

Size:  QUART

Color: cast iron

Closure:  original iron cap and a replica clamp

Appearance: old

Condition:  Not bad, lettering is clearly readable. Losses to internal enameled surfaces.

Embossing:  strong

Base:  mold sprue

Age:  c1860

Availability: scarce

   

13901. MASON in arch GREEN Pint

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: idigjars
Price: $160.00

Size:  PINT

Color: GREEN

Closure:  zinc cap

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  edge flakes on the mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base:  unmarked

Age:  early 1900's (smooth lip finish)

Availability: scarce in this appealing color

   

13902. HEMINGRAY Push-Down Style WAX SEALER Half Gal CRUDE

Start Date: 01/30/2017
End Date: 02/09/2017
Buyer: MyIowagirl
Price: $430.00

Size:  HALF GALLON

Color: BLUE-AQUA

Closure:   push-down style grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish

Appearance: whittled, swirly and shiny glass, with a trace of haze in the bottom

Condition:  normal roughness of the sheared mouth

Embossing:  n/a

Base:  unmarked

Age:  1860's

Availability: rare