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15278. BALL 3L IMPROVED MASON Pint AMETHYST

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: snellfamily
Price: $72.57

Size: PINT

Color: AMETHYST tint

Closure: matching color glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: no damage

Embossing: strong

Base: "5"

Age: early 1900's

Availability: uncommon

15279. JAR SALT DETROIT SALT Co MASONS PATENT Quart

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: Haggy
Price: $75.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: zinc cap

Appearance: shiny glass with a few usage scuffs

Condition: good, with a tiny ding on the heel

Embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's

Availability: scarce

15280. MIDGET Pint CROWN Apple Green

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: idigjars
Price: $90.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: BRIGHT APPLE GREEN

Closure: aqua Crown glass insert and a zinc midget band

Appearance: brilliant sparkling glass throughout

Condition: no damage

Embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's

Availability: scarce in this appealing color, and a beautiful example

15281. US PATENTED MAY 12 1863 Quart

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: fljarman1858
Price: $566.00

Size: QUART

Color: SKY BLUE AQUA

Closure: Although usually identified by collectors as a grooved ring wax sealer (and this one actually comes with a wax sealer cap and wire), the jar is actually not a wax sealer. Has an applied angular grooved ring mouth finish, designed for a metal cap closure with a sealing ring or disk, as described in Carlton Newman's May 12th, 1863 patent see the patent here.

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: no damage

Embossing: medium

Base: unmarked

Age: c1863

Availability: rare

15282. THE MASONS IMPROVED Half Gallon LIGHT AMBER

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: Jason Harshbarg
Price: $138.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: LIGHT AMBER

Closure: amber glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: normal roughness of the ground mouth

Embossing: strong

Base: "H 20"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

15283. IMPROVED EVERLASTING JAR Squatty PINT

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: 4mycollection
Price: $40.01

Size: SQUATTY PINT

Color: clear with tint

Closure: original glass lid and wire clamp (bruise on bottom surface of glass lid)

Appearance: Sparkling glass. Note the three Christian Cross figures scratched into the side panels, spaced equally around the jar.

Condition: good

Embossing: strong

Base: "ILLINOIS PACIFIC GLASS Co SF CAL"

Age: early 1900's

Availability: uncommon

15284. Wm HALLER CARLISLE Pa w/ RARE PAT 1870 Blown Stopper

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: Bdh5962@aol
Price: $1,250.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Hollow blown glass stopper embossed "HALLERS PADT JAN 4 1870". The jar is a wide mouth version (2-3/4" inside diameter) and has a sheared & fire polished lip finish. The patent was held by Wm L Haller. View the patent here. The screw band is a replacement of the period.

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: jar has no damage, stopper has a short reflective ding in the bottom surface

Embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: c1870

Availability: Extremely rare, this is the only known example of this closure.

15285. Trade Mark THE DANDY Amber QUART

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: thebone22
Price: $170.00

Size: QUART

Color: AMBER

Closure: all original

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: normal roughness of the ground mouth

Embossing: strong

Base: "GILBERDS 22"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

15286. GILCHRIST Half Gal GJCo Monogram w PICKLE PUSHER CAP

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: doberott219
Price: $46.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original wide mouth zinc cap with white milk glass dome-shaped pickle pusher insert

Appearance: faint trace of content haze

Condition: no damage

Embossing: medium

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's

Availability: uncommon

15287. IMPROVED GEM Quart YELLOW OLIVE

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: jarforme
Price: $86.00

Size: QUART

Color: YELLOW OLIVE

Closure: aqua glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: seedy and sparkling glass throughout

Condition: no damage

Embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's

Availability: scarce in this outstanding color

15288. HOLT LYON CREAM WHIP MAYONNAISE Mixer PINT

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: Steve Kehrere
Price: $285.00

Size: PINT sized jar, overall height with mixer is about 11-1/2"

Color: AQUAMARINE

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: Roughness and flaking of the ground mouth, metal is in good overall shape. No funnel.

Embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

15289. OVOID Shaped PINT Blue Milk Glass w/ MIDGET CLOSURE

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: wilcodeb
Price: $39.00

Size: PINT

Color: BLUE MILK GLASS

Closure: original iron screw cap, similar to midget caps

Appearance: good

Condition: edge flaking on the ground mouth

Embossing: n/a

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

15290. Mrs ST RORERS STAR & CRESCENT SELF SEALING JAR Quart

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: glassmandaveh
Price: $400.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

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

Appearance: crude and sparkling glass

Condition: normal nicking of the ground mouth

Embossing: strong

Base: "1"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce and a great looking example

15291. F&J McKEE PITTSBURGH Pa QUART Pontil

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: dwjars
Price: $185.00

Size: QUART approximate (measures 7-1/4" tall to the mouth)

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: original door-knob style glass closure embossed "F&J McKEE PITTSBURGH PA" (edge flakes on lid)

Appearance: swirly glass character

Condition: mouth chips

Embossing: n/a

Base: pontil scar

Age: 1860-1870

Availability: scarce

15292. Rare RALL BALL MASON Reworked Mold w/ Rare 3rd L Loop

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: muddipaws
Price: $1,051.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: YELLOW GREEN

Closure: zinc cap

Appearance: shiny glass with a trace of content haze

Condition: no damage, has some light usage wear

Embossing: strong

Base: "7" and 4 raised dots

Age: c1910

Availability: Rare or singular. Similar to Redbook #241, except this unlisted variation does not have a period after MASON and the 3rd L loop is a little shorter, like the loop on the Root Mason jar. The Root Glass Company manufactured their iconic ROOT MASON fruit jars at their plant off the south side of Maple Avenue near 17th Street in Terre Haute, Indiana from 1905-1909. The plant was purchased by Ball Bros in 1909, after which Ball reworked the existing fruit jar molds to display their own logo, and continued making jars. This jar is similar to the rare listing #241, but more rare and unlisted.

15293. GLOBE Half Gallon YELLOW AMBER

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: Kerry
Price: $85.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: YELLOW AMBER

Closure: all original

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: shallow chipping on the ground mouth

Embossing: light to medium

Base: "4 / S"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

15294. MILLVILLE ATMOSPHERIC Fruit Jar SQUARE SHOULDER HG

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: putt4
Price: $750.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: all original including the dome-shaped glass lid and the original rounded iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew

Appearance: crude and sparkling glass

Condition: no damage

Embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: 1860's

Availability: scarce early square-shouldered version and a beautiful example

15295. HEAVILY WHITTLED Half Gallon GLOBE Aqua

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: skooter0219
Price: $83.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: all original

Appearance: sparkling glass with a beautiful hammered whittle effect

Condition: edge chip on the ground mouth

Embossing: strong

Base: "55"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare with this degree of glass character, a great-looking Globe jar

15296. Trade Mark LIGHTNING Quart OLIVE YELLOW

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: at1a5jar
Price: $300.00

Size: QUART

Color: OLIVE YELLOW

Closure: all original

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: normal roughness of the ground mouth

Embossing: strong

Base: "PUTNAM 226"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: a scarce and appealing color

15297. Scarce THREADED NECK Style KLINES PAT 1863 HALF GAL

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: Dusseldorf
Price: $101.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Original glass stopper with sealing gasket, and original zinc band (small edge chip on stopper, and one of the knobs was partially under-filled in the making). As usual for this series, the zinc band has stretched slightly, and will not quite tighten.

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: jar in good shape with no damage

Embossing: n/a

Base: unmarked

Age: c1870

Availability: rare

15298. MIDGET Pint THE AMERICAN NAGCo PORCELAIN LINED

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: Bill Heiter
Price: $190.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: CFJCo midget cap

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: edge chip on the mouth

Embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

15299. BALL 3L MASON Quart DEEP OLIVE w Profuse AMBER SWIRLS

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: BALLS4EVER
Price: $885.55

Size: QUART

Color: DEEP OLIVE with profuse AMBER SWIRLING

Closure: zinc cap

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition: no damage

Embossing: strong

Base: "B"

Age: c1900

Availability: rare jar in this beautiful deep color

15300. SAFETY Quart CUMBERLAND GLASS WORKS BRIDGETON NJ

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: witlxtrm
Price: $1,475.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original glass lid and a beautiful replica iron clamp that was probably made by Frank Thrine (flake at edge of glass lid). The clamp is very well made, and difficult to tell from the original.

Appearance: sparkling glass with a light whittled effect

Condition: edge flaking on the ground mouth

Embossing: strong

Base: "CUMBERLAND GLASS WORKS BRIDGETON NJ / 2"

Age: 1880's

Availability: rare and a beautiful specimen

15301. STONEWARE Quart w/ Rotating IRON CLAMP

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: pvich
Price: $61.78

Size: about 6-1/2" overall height

Color: glazed stoneware

Closure: original stoneware lid with permanently attached rotating iron clamp

Appearance: good

Condition: good

Base: unmarked, lower front stamp in an oval reads "STEPHEN GREEN & Co IMPERIAL POTTERIES LAMBETH" (England)

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

15302. MASONS 1858 Half Gallon IMPROVED CLOSURE Honey Amber

Start Date: 09/25/2017
End Date: 10/05/2017
Buyer: skooter0219
Price: $358.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: YELLOW AMBER

Closure: dark amber unmarked glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: sparkling glass

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

Embossing: very strong

Base: "D / 2"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: Scarce and a beautiful example. This is the only Masons Patent 1858 jar with SBGI closure that comes in amber. Sometimes loosely attributed to Ball Bros, but possibly made by Moore Bros in Clayton NJ, based on the lettering style and the style of base marking.