1706. SHARP Pint YELLOW AMBER Trade Mark LIGHTNING
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: suntan4
Price: $350.00
Size: PINT
Color: GOLDEN YELLOW AMBER
Closure: original exact matching glass lid and wire bail assembly
Appearance: sparkling with a nice whittled effect
Condition: normal roughness and flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "PUTNAM 75"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: an appealing color for a Pint Lightning jar
1707. LAFAYETTE in Script AQUA PINT
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: EppsFruitJars
Price: $390.00
Size: PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: fine original closure
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage or stains
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "4"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce in pint size
1708. MIDGET PINT Masons Pat 1858 Base: BCR
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: dwjars
Price: $128.00
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: early lugged CFJCo midget cap
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: no damage
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "B C R" although the "C" looks more like a backwards-embossed "9"
Age: c1900
Availability: rare smooth-lip midget pint
1709. EC FLACCUS (Stags Head) MILK GLASS Pint w/ DOMED LID
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: stansl00
Price: $690.00
Size: PINT
Color: WHITE MILK GLASS
Closure: original correct dome-shaped EC Flaccus insert with pictorial Stag's Head and fine original metal screw band
Appearance: clean
Condition: no damage, normal roughness of the sheared and not-ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and the domed Stag's-Head insert is very scarce
This item is from the Tom Gifford collection.
1710. THE AUTOMATIC SEALER Aqua QUART
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: Bissell Vann
Price: $140.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original glass lid and a replica wire clamp
Appearance: sparkling and bright
Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: very strong
Base: "CLAYTON BOTTLE WORKS CLAYTON NJ"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
1711. YELLOW AMBER Original MIDGET PINT Masons 1858
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: dingram
Price: $1,860.00
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: YELLOW AMBER
Closure: early CFJ midget cap
Appearance: shiny with light content deposit inside the base area
Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce midget pint made in the late 1800's by the Buena Vista Glass Company of Buena Vista, VA
This item is from the Tom Gifford collection.
1712. THE MAGIC (Star) FRUIT JAR Aqua QUART
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: Bissell Vann
Price: $345.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original correct glass lid and a fine replica clamp made entirely of iron
Appearance: sparkling with a strong overall whittled effect
Condition: flaking off the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong and sharp
Base: "5"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
1713. GILBERDS IMPROVED (Star) JAR Aqua HALF GALLON
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: longjar
Price: $185.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original glass lid and original heavy iron wire clamp that encircles the entire jar
Appearance: shiny
Condition: there is a hard-to-notice short crack along the sealing ledge
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "1"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
1714. MIDGET PINT Masons III Patent 1858
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: dingram
Price: $96.00
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: lugged Hero midget cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: normal minor flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "93" which is embossed backwards
Age: 1870's
Availability: scarce midget pint
This item is from the Tom Gifford collection.
1715. PATENTED BY G.W. BUFFINGTON MARCH 5, 1867 Quart
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: dingram
Price: $4,100.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: gloppy applied/rolled lip finish....the patent calls for a sealing disk held in place by a rubber band
Appearance: sparkling with a light whittled effect
Condition: no damage or stains
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: c1867
Availability: extremely rare, this is only the second example to come to light
1716. GLOBE Amber PINT
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: suntan4
Price: $120.00
Size: PINT
Color: AMBER
Closure: original glass lid with 1886 patent date and original 3-piece iron clamp assembly
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: the mouth has the normal edge flaking, the glass lid is faintly bruised beneath the center dimple area
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "21"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon
1717. PORCELAIN LINED Midget PINT
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: stansl00
Price: $299.99
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: early lugged midget cap as shown
Appearance: shiny with a nice light whittled effect
Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: shown
Age: 1870's
Availability: scarce midget pint
This item is from the Tom Gifford collection.
1718. MILLVILLE ATMOSPHERIC Half Pint w/ TALL NECK
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: richierich.j.r
Price: $300.00
Size: HALF PINT blown in a cut-off square-shoulder pint mold
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original glass lid and cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew
Appearance: shiny
Condition: nearly perfect with two tiny pinpoint nicks on the outer ring
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce, note this version has a taller neck, see item 1741 for the short-necked version
1719. LIME GREEN Pint MASONS SGCo Patent 1858
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: pool9
Price: $85.00
Size: PINT
Color: STRONG LIME GREEN
Closure: common zinc cap
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: normal minor flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong throughout, which is scarce for this series
Base: "120"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce colored pint example, made in the late 1800's by the Swayzee Glass Co of Swayzee, Indiana
1720. FRANKLIN FRUIT JAR Midget Pint
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: Benny Denton
Price: $285.00
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original rare smaller sized glass insert with 1865 patent date, and original odd-sized zinc band in very rough shape
Appearance: shiny with a few scuffs
Condition: jar is good, metal band is very rough
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: c1870
Availability: scarce midget pint
This item is from the Tom Gifford collection.
1721. GALLON Oversize MASONS 1858 w/ ORIGINAL Rare Style CAP
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: Otis1962
Price: $1,650.00
Size: GALLON sized advertising/promotional jar
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: Rare (or possibly unique) large original unlined zinc cap with two soldered lugs on top and stamped circle on top that reads "TRADE MARK SMS CO ALWAYS RELIABLE". Possibly the first example of this lid to come to light (in any size). The cap has some crushing in the zinc threads, but no holes or splits in the zinc, and could be restored to perfection if desired.
Appearance: shiny
Condition: chip out of the threads, but no cracks emanating, and not visible at all with the cap in place
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: c1865-1870, probably the earliest known oversize Mason
Availability: Extremely rare oversize Beehive Mason. This jar was recently discovered complete with the lid at a general antiques shop in the state of Texas.
1722. SAFETY Amber PINT Sharp
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $200.00
Size: PINT
Color: LIGHT AMBER
Closure: original glass lid and a good replica clamp
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: chipping of the ground mouth all around
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "1"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce in pint size
1723. HOURGLASS on Reverse MASONS 1858 MIDGET PINT
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: stansl00
Price: $100.00
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: lugged "Mason Fruit Jar Co" zinc midget cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: shallow chipping of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: very strong
Base: "8."
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and appealing midget pint
This item is from the Tom Gifford collection.
1724. OLIVE GREEN Quart MASONS 1858 Fruit Jar HERO Base
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: Eifler
Price: $160.00
Size: QUART
Color: MEDIUM OLIVE
Closure: Hero Zinc cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: medium to strong
Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "455"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce in this appealing color
1725. Large STAR on Base MASONS 1858 MIDGET PINT Clear
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $80.00
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: COLORLESS
Closure: lugged Hero zinc midget cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: normal minor flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: large 5-pointed star as shown
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
This item is from the Tom Gifford collection.
1726. THE EGCo IMPERIAL Aqua MIDGET PINT
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: stansl00
Price: $72.50
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: CFJCo aqua glass insert and a zinc screw band
Appearance: shiny
Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: medium to strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce midget pint
This item is from the Tom Gifford collection.
1727. LARGE LETTERING Qt MASONS 1858 WHITTLED AMBER
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: whitecat
Price: $325.00
Size: QUART
Color: AMBER
Closure: common zinc cap
Appearance: sparkling with a strong overall whittled effect
Condition: has shallow chipping along the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong, note the missing apostrophe in MASONS
Base: "I"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce and a gorgeous example
1728. GILBERDS (Star) JAR Aqua QUART All Original
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: idigjars
Price: $384.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original clear glass lid and original heavy iron wire clamp that encircles the jar
Appearance: shiny
Condition: normal nicking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "2"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce, and especially with the correct lid
This item is from the Tom Gifford collection.
1729. ESCo on Base MIDGET PINT Masons Patent 1858
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: dwjars
Price: $134.00
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: lugged CFJCo midget cap
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: no damage including an excellent ground mouth with very little nicking
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "ES & Co 1"
Age: c1870's
Availability: scarce midget pint
This item is from the Tom Gifford collection.
1730. FBCo Quart Wax Sealer AMBER
Start Date: 08/02/2010End Date: 08/12/2010
Buyer: thomas larkin
Price: $70.00
Size: QUART
Color: AMBER
Closure: applied grooved ring mouth finish made for a tin cap sealed with wax, early unmarked tin cap included
Appearance: shiny with good crude glass character all over
Condition: chip on the outer ring as shown
Strength of embossing: base only
Base: "FBCo 1"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon