2032. J & B FRUIT JAR Patented 1898 Aqua PINT
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $55.00
Size: PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: common zinc cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "4"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon
2033. MASONS PATENT NOV 30TH 1858 Quart BLACK GLASS
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: dick1931
Price: $8,430.00
Size: QUART
Color: BLACK GLASS (Olive Black)
Closure: unmarked zinc cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong from top to bottom
Base: "20"
Age: 1877
Availability: Rare jar, and a fine example that is fresh to the market. Made by the Hemingray Glass Company (Cincinnati, OH and Covington, KY), who made black glass items for only one year, in 1877. A fantastic find and a beautiful early jar.
2034. THE VICTOR PATENTED 1900 Aqua HG BUCKLE CLAMP
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $100.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original buckle clamp with impressed 1900 patent date, and incorrect aqua glass insert
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: c1900
Availability: uncommon
2035. INTENSE GREEN Quart MASONS PATENT 1858
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $1,562.00
Size: QUART
Color: STRONG DEEP BRIGHT GREEN
Closure: early lettering zinc cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: normal minor nicking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: medium to strong
Base: a large "16"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare brilliant green color
2036. THE SCRANTON JAR Aqua QUART
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: dingram
Price: $1,250.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: Correct original elaborate iron and wire clamp assembly with original wooden spool. The unmarked glass lid fits perfectly, but may not be original.
Appearance: sparkling & crude with a nice whittled effect
Condition: no damage including a good ground mouth with very little flaking
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "GHC 1"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: Scarce early odd-closured jar, and one of the few closure designs in history that used a wooden component as part of the closure.
2037. OLIVE AMBER Half Gallon BALL PERFECT MASON
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: jars4erb
Price: $135.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: OLIVE AMBER with the most amber tone we've seen in a half gallon example
Closure: Ball zinc cap
Appearance: shiny with some light scuffs
Condition: no damage
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "10"
Age: early 1900's
Availability: a scarce and appealing color
2038. POTTER & BODINE PHILADELPHIA Aqua HG Original Cap
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $225.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original Bodine-style tin cap with soldered-on clamp (no markings are visible)
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage including an excellent ground mouth with very little nicking
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce, and especially with original cap
2039. DARK AMBER Quart GLOBE
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: Jar-man 35
Price: $80.99
Size: QUART
Color: DEEP AMBER
Closure: original
Appearance: shiny with a light whittled effect
Condition: no damage including an excellent ground mouth with very little flaking
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "19"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarcer deep color
2040. MIDGET PINT Masons Patent 1858 BALL BLUE
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $221.99
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: LIGHT BALL BLUE
Closure: early midget cap
Appearance: shiny with a light whittled effect
Condition: flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "8"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon
2041. MASONS 404 Patent 1858 Rev: HGW MIDGET PINT
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $325.00
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: early midget cap
Appearance: sparkling with a nice whittled effect
Condition: bruise within the glass to the right of the HGW monogram, a small very faint one near the shoulder, and a chip on the side of the mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "1."
Age: late 1800's
Availability: extremely rare midget pint
2042. CAT TAIL MASON Aqua HALF GALLON
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: ted9williams
Price: $40.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: common zinc cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: good with the exception of a thin flake on the smooth mouth (not yet detached)
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "12" (slight rocker base)
Age: early 1900's
Availability: scarce
2043. LYON & BOSSARDS JAR East STROUDSBURG Pa Quart
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: stardust
Price: $575.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original glass lid and original cast iron yoke clamp with rotating cam assembly
Appearance: sparkling with a light whittled effect
Condition: normal roughness and a small chip on the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce early odd-closured jar
2044. TG on base BALL MASONS Pat 1858 QUART
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: dwjars
Price: $160.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: SUN - MOON - STAR zinc cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: roughness and flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "TG" embossed backwards so as to be readable by looking down through the mouth of the jar, possibly a mold-maker's initials
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
2045. DEEP CITRON Half Gallon MASONS PAT 1858 w/ HERO Base
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $1,000.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: DEEP CITRON
Closure: early lugged Hero zinc cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: roughness and flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "248"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: great color and a scarce mold
2046. MIDGET CAP For CROWLEYTOWN Jar w/ VERTICAL LUGS
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: Fruit_Jar
Price: $799.00
A rare original Midget Pint size unlined zinc cap for an early Crowleytown Mason's Patent 1858 jar. The earliest style, with two vertical lugs on top. Good condition with no pinholes, nice and flat across the top, and has never been cleaned. Perhaps with cleaning, some impressed lettering might become visible. Rare to find this lid as a spare.
2047. ZINC CAP w/ Raised Lettering THE HERO
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: Kglass
Price: $161.99
An early full-size zinc Mason cap with RAISED lettering on top (as opposed to the usual impressed lettering) that reads "THE HERO GENUINE BOYD CAP" with two flourishes. Good condition and fits any Mason jar with standard mouth size.
2048. MIDGET CAP Unlined TRADE MARK SMS Co ALWAYS RELIABLE
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: Kglass
Price: $335.00
An early MIDGET PINT sized unlined zinc cap with a circular arrangement of impressed lettering on top that reads "TRADE MARK SMS CO ALWAYS RELIABLE". Nice condition with no pinholes or splits. Fits any standard midget pint Mason jar. A very scarce lid in midget pint size.
2049. TRADE MARK SMS Co ALWAYS RELIABLE Full Size ZINC CAP
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: jimsears
Price: $135.00
An unlined Mason zinc cap impressed on the top: "TRADE MARK SMS Co ALWAYS RELIABLE". Solid condition with two pinholes in the threads. The lettering is not as pronounced because the lid has never been cleaned. Fits any standard mouth Mason jar.
2050. MIDGET Zinc Cap SUN MOON STAR Fine Condition
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: gunboss944
Price: $227.99
An early MIDGET PINT sized original zinc cap with SUN-MOON-STAR logo on top. Beautiful condition, almost as if it was never used. Fits any standard midget pint.
2051. SKY BLUE Half Gallon HW PETTIT WESTVILLE, NJ
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $75.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: SKY BLUE, graduating to CORNFLOWER BLUE in the mouth area
Closure: correct clear glass lid and original Safety Valve style iron cam-action clamp
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no damage including a good ground mouth with very little flaking
Strength of embossing: base only
Base: "HW PETTIT WESTVILLE, NJ 1"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare in this appealing color
2052. YELLOW AMBER PINT Masons KEYSTONE Patent 1858
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $1,550.00
Size: PINT
Color: YELLOW AMBER
Closure: early lettered zinc cap
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: beautiful condition with no damage including a good ground mouth with very little flaking
Strength of embossing: very strong
Base: "2"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
2053. PERFECTION in arch PINT Patented 1887
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $125.00
Size: PINT
Color: COLORLESS
Closure: original glass lid with serrated ramps, and original 3-piece metal clamp, the neck band retains much of the original tin plating
Appearance: shiny
Condition: normal minor flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "IGCO" within a diamond-shaped reserve
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon
2054. CHRISTMAS MASON Ball Blue Pint MASONS PATENT 58
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: rnb3
Price: $60.00
Size: PINT
Color: LIGHT BALL BLUE
Closure: common zinc cap
Appearance: has some scuffing on the body of the jar
Condition: bruise in the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon Ball-made jar, referred-to as a "Christmas Mason" based on the fancy lettering style
2055. GREEN Pint HARTELLS GLASS AIRTIGHT COVER
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $275.00
Size: PINT
Color: GREEN
Closure: correct glass lid is aqua, also retains the original sealing gasket
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: normal minor flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: lid only
Base: unmarked
Age: c1860's
Availability: scarce in pint size, especially in this appealing color
2056. MGMCo Monogam QUART
Start Date: 12/06/2010End Date: 12/16/2010
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $276.00
Size: QUART
Color: CLEAR w/ SLIGHTEST AMETHYST TINT
Closure: common zinc cap
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: normal roughness and flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: medium
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare