1856. GLOBE Amber QUART

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: red
Price: $75.00

Size: QUART

Color: AMBER

Closure: correct original glass lid and original 3-piece iron clamp assembly

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: good ground mouth with very little flaking, the glass lid has some shallow chipping on the bottom edge

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "6"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

   

1857. WHITNEY Patd 1866 Aqua QUART

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $857.77

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Correct original glass lid with 1866 patent date. As with most examples of this jar, the zinc ring is most likely replaced.

Appearance: shiny

Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth, the zinc ring has some short vertical splits at the top edge

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "WHITNEY GLASS WORKS GLASSBORO, NJ 2"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

1858. IGCo on Base MIDGET PINT

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $65.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: original glass screw cap with 1882 patent date

Appearance: shiny

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: base only

Base: large fancy "IGCo" monogram

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce midget pint

   

1859. MASONS CFJCo 1858 OLIVE with AMBER Quart

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $350.00

Size: QUART

Color: OLIVE GREEN with subtle AMBER SWIRLS

Closure: common zinc cap

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: no damage, good ground mouth with very little flaking, has a hot contact mark on the back from the making

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "XF414"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce color

   

1860. LAFAYETTE in Script AQUA Half Gallon

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: grandmachrissy
Price: $170.00

fSize: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original 3-piece cast iron and glass stopper assembly

Appearance: areas of scuffing across the upper front

Condition: no damage, the cast iron parts have rust pitting

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon

   

1861. WIDE MOUTH Pint GLOBE

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $220.09

Size: PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original wide mouth glass lid with 1886 patent date, and original 3-piece iron clamp assembly

Appearance: shiny

Condition: minor nicking of the smooth mouth

Strength of embossing: light to medium

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's

Availability: scarce pint size wide mouth Globe

   

1862. FLACCUS BROS STEER HEAD Pint AMBER

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: stansl00
Price: $600.00

Size: PINT

Color: LIGHT AMBER

Closure: original medium amber one-piece glass screw cap

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: flaking of the thick ground mouth, and the typical roughness all along the screw threads of the glass cap

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce colored Flaccus jar and a great looking example

   

1863. THE MASON JAR of 1858 Aqua HALF GALLON

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: lightning
Price: $83.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: early lugged zinc cap

Appearance: shiny with a good overall whittled effect

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PATd BY JNO L MASON NOV 30TH 1858" and "4""

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon and a gorgeous example

   

1864. FRANKLIN FRUIT JAR Midget Pint GILLINDER & BENNETT CAP

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $1,352.59

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Rare original unlined zinc cap with top lugs and clearly readable lettering as shown. Note the interesting use of vertical crimps in the threads, part of the original manufacturing process to fit the lid to the midget pint size jar. Also note the unusual top lugs, in which small triangular tabs of the cap were punched out and filled with solder to form the lugs.

Appearance: sparkling, crude and bubbly

Condition: normal nicking of the ground mouth, the zinc cap has one tiny pinhole at the upper edge, only visible when held to a light

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: 1860's

Availability: rare with this fine original cap

   

1865. ARS in Script AQUA QUART

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: rockpan8
Price: $90.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: correct Kline glass stopper with 1863 patent date

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon and a good sharp example

   

1866. MASONS LGCo PATENT 1858 Midget Pint WHITTLED

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $335.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: LIGHT BALL BLUE

Closure: early midget cap

Appearance: sparkling and crude with heavy whittle, has a trace of deposit inside

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

Strength of embossing: very strong

Base: "3"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce midget and an outstanding example

   

1867. MASONS CRYSTAL JAR Midget Pint

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $128.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: fine lugged CFJCo midget cap

Appearance: good

Condition: roughness and flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: light to medium

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce midget pint

   

1868. THE VAN VLIET JAR of 1881 HALF GALLON

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: pre6969
Price: $984.50

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original glass lid, original cast iron yoke clamp, original thumbscrew, and original wire, all in fine shape

Appearance: sparkling with a nice light whittled effect and seedy glass character

Condition: shallow chip running along the top edge of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "1"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce early jar and a choice example

   

1869. MASONS 1858 w/ Improved Closure AMBER Half Gallon

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: SeedMan
Price: $345.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AMBER

Closure: unmarked amber glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: shiny

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce variety with an improved style closure on a Masons Patent jar

   

1870. WHITMORES PATENT Rochester NY Aqua QUART

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: jarnut
Price: $450.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original high-finned glass lid and an original style wire clamp that appears to be an older reproduction

Appearance: shiny

Condition: chipping of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce early odd-closure jar

   

1871. PORCELAIN LINED BBGMCo Midget Pint GREEN

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $850.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: LIGHT GREEN

Closure: fine original BALL BROS GLASS MFG Co BUFFALO NY midget cap in beautiful condition

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage including an excellent ground mouth with very little flaking

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: very scarce early Ball-made midget pint

   

1872. HALF PINT Ball Made BANNER WARRANTED Large Lettering

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: jar_keeper
Price: $136.25

Size: HALF PINT

Color: BALL BLUE

Closure: original wide mouth glass lid and original wire bail

Appearance: shiny

Condition: minor flaking of the smooth mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's

Availability: very scarce Ball-made store brand half pint

   

1873. MASON PORCELAIN LINED Aqua HALF GALLON

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $103.15

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: common zinc cap

Appearance: shiny

Condition: flaking and roughness of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: a large "C"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: very scarce

   

1874. GALLON Size LUGGED CAP MASONS CFJCo Scarce

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: rbandbarb
Price: $275.00

A rare original early lugged oversize zinc cap that fits a GALLON sized MASONS CFJCo fruit jar. Lettering is impressed all around the top of the cap encircling the CFJCo logo. Original milk glass liner is unmarked. There are no pinholes or splits. Measures about 4-1/4 inches across the top.

   

1875. CUMMER & SON HAMILTON (Ontario) w/ Pictorial EAGLE

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: Unknown
Price: $15.00

Size: measures about 11-1/4 inches tall

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: applied crown top

Appearance: shiny, has been tumbled to its original luster

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: c1905

Availability: uncommon

   

1876. SEITZ BROS EASTON PA Squat Soda DEEP TEAL

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: jars4erb
Price: $55.00

Size: measuring about 6-3/4 inches tall

Color: TEAL BLUE

Closure: blob top

Appearance: shiny with a trace of inside deposit

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong on the front. Has a dual-outlined "S" embossed on the back.

Base: smooth

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon and a beautiful color

   

1877. VICTORIA (BC) BREWING Co DARK GREEN

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: sandybusby
Price: $56.00

Size: measuring about 8-1/8 inches tall

Color: very dark green

Closure: applied tall ring collar mouth

Appearance: shiny

Condition: has a few surface nick marks and scuffs

Strength of embossing: light to medium

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

1879. MISCHLERS HERB BITTERS Dr SB HARTMAN & Co

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: old-jar-man
Price: $50.00

Size: measuring about 8-3/4 inches tall, square in section with beveled corners

Color: AMBER

Closure: tooled sloping collar mouth for a cork stopper

Appearance: shiny

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: shown

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

1880. Iron Pontil UDOLPHO WOLFES SCHIEDAM AROMATIC SCHNAPPS

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: georgeoj
Price: $75.00

Size: measuring about 8-1/4 inches tall, square in section with beveled corners

Color: dark green

Closure: crude applied double collar mouth for a cork stopper

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: black iron pontil scar

Age: 1850's

Availability: scarce early version and a beautifully crude example

   

1881. WHITNEY GLASS WORKS Yellow Amber

Start Date: 10/18/2010
End Date: 10/28/2010
Buyer: jar_keeper
Price: $10.00

Size: measuring about 11 inches tall

Color: YELLOW AMBER

Closure: applied double sloping collar mouth for a cork stopper, bottle was blown in a 3-piece dip mold

Appearance: shiny, has been tumbled to restore the original luster, trace of deposit remains inside

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: base only

Base: "WHITNEY GLASS WORKS"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon