2182. MILITARY OFFICER / STARBURST Qt CALABASH IRON PONTIL
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: gaffer
Price: $125.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Appearance: shiny with a trace of deposit inside the base
Condition: in the bottom edge of the applied collar mouth is a small bruise, not easy to see or even find
Strength of impression: strong
McKearin: GXIII-15 (scarce)
Base: black iron pontil scar
2183. SUMMER / WINTER Aqua PINT
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: bdewolfe
Price: $85.00
Size: PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Appearance: sparkling, with a faint trace of inside deposit
Condition: no significant damage
Strength of impression: medium to strong
McKearin: GX-15
Base: smooth
2184. EAGLE / GRAPES Aqua QUART OPEN PONTIL
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: gac
Price: $170.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Appearance: sparkling and crisp
Condition: no significant damage
Strength of impression: sharp and strong
McKearin: GII-55
Base: open pontil scar
2185. UNION CLASPED HANDS / CANNON Aqua PINT
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: old-jar-man
Price: $96.00
Size: PINT
Color: RICH BLUE-AQUA
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no significant damage
Strength of impression: strong
McKearin: Not listed, but similar to GXII-41. Several differences can be noted from the McKearin text.
Base: smooth
2186. LOUISVILLE GLASS WORKS EAGLE Aqua PINT
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: hockwine
Price: $75.00
Size: PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Appearance: shiny
Condition: small surface chip on a rib in the center of the back
Strength of impression: medium to strong
McKearin: GII-36
Base: smooth
2187. SCROLL FLASK Light Green PINT
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: jtdundid
Price: $30.00
Size: PINT
Color: CLEAR GREEN
Appearance: shiny
Condition: mint
Strength of impression: medium to strong
McKearin: GIX-10 attributed to Clevenger Bros c1960's. Illustrated in plate 151 on p686 of McKearin.
Base: open pontil scar
Availability: uncommon
2188. RAILROAD LOWELL / EAGLE Half Pint OPEN PONTIL
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: bdewolfe
Price: $120.00
Size: HALF PINT
Color: OLIVE AMBER
Appearance: shiny with high point wear
Condition: no significant damage, the bubble shown in the side has a tiny open spot at the edge
Strength of impression: medium
Base: open pontil scar
McKearin: GV-10
2189. KOSSUTH / US STEAM FRIGATE MISSISSIPPI Quart CALABASH
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: lighthouse1489
Price: $405.00
Size: QUART
Color: GREENISH AQUA
Appearance: shiny
Condition: no significant damage
Strength of impression: strong
McKearin: GI-112 (scarce)
Base: open pontil scar
2190. HORSE-RIDER / HOUND Aqua PINT Open Pontil
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: Unknown
Price: $75.00
Size: PINT
Color: AQUAMARINE
Appearance: shiny and whittly with a trace of inside deposit
Condition: No significant damage. The mouth with it's unlisted finish, under magnification appears to be original and not cut-off or otherwise altered in any way. The mouth appears to possess a normal sheared and fire-polished surface.
Strength of impression: strong
McKearin: GXIII-17 (scarce)
Base: smooth
2191. FOR PIKES PEAK - OLD RYE / EAGLE Deep Aqua PINT
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: color1858masons
Price: $85.00
Size: PINT
Color: STRONG BLUE-AQUA
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: no significant damage
Strength of impression: strong
McKearin: GXI-9
Base: smooth
2192. Figural POTATO Pocket Flask
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: eagles
Price: $20.00
Size: measuring about 4-1/4 inches tall
Closure: ground mouth finish with original metal screw cap, late 1800's
Color: original brown painted surface in imitation of a potato
Appearance: good with some paint wear
Condition: no significant damage to the glass
Base: smooth
Availability: scarce
2193. Figural HOBO BOOT FLASK BLACK AMETHYST
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: randolph
Price: $30.00
Size: measuring about 5-3/4 inches long
Color: BLACK AMETHYST
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: no damage, some wear to the painted big-toe
Closure: ground mouth finish with original metal screw cap with cork liner, late 1800's
Availability: scarce
2194. LQC WISHARTS PAT 1859 PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: old-jar-man
Price: $131.00
Size: measuring about 8-1/8 inches tall
Color: STRONG BLUE-GREEN
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: no significant damage
Strength of impression: very strong
Base: smooth
Availability: scarce and a bold deep color
2195. NATIONAL BITTERS - EAR OF CORN w/ ORIGINAL LABEL
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: burn473
Price: $551.00
Size: measuring about 12-3/8 inches tall
Color: amber
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: no significant damage to the glass, label condition as shown
Base: smooth and embossed "PATENT 1867"
Availability: rare with label
2196. TRADE MARK Masons Improved QUART Rev: CFJCo
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: Frank Nifong
Price: $40.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct CFJCo glass insert and a zinc screw band
Appearance: shiny
Condition: thin chip along the ground mouth not quite detached
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "0" and other possible lettering
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce, this is Redbook listing #1717 (125.00-175.00)
2197. MILLVILLE ATMOSPHERIC Fruit Jar HALF GALLON+ Size
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: jarforme
Price: $90.01
Size: HALF GALLON+
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: original glass lid and cast iron yoke clamp with thumbscrew
Appearance: shiny with some usage scuffs, trace of deposit in bottom
Condition: the mouth of the jar is perfect, the glass lid has some edge flicks
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon
2198. FANCY MUSTARD Jar Pint GOLDEN YELLOW
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $230.00
Size: PINT
Color: GOLDEN YELLOW
Closure: correct original milk glass insert with embossed Eagle figure and original metal screw band
Appearance: shiny
Condition: normal roughness of the sheared and not-ground mouth
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "4" embossed backwards
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
2199. Rev: FINK and NASSE St Louis MASONS PAT 1858 Quart
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: dwjars
Price: $826.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: early lettered zinc cap
Appearance: shiny
Condition: chipping of the ground mouth, and a manufacturer's starred pot stone in the body
Strength of embossing: very strong
Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "93"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare, with great eye appeal owing to the extra-bold embossing of the F/N logo that virtually jumps off the jar
2200. ARS in Script AQUA QUART
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: prman61
Price: $55.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct Kline Patented 1863 glass stopper
Appearance: shiny
Condition: 2 small flakes on the applied mouth, the stopper has a surface chip on the handle
Strength of embossing: medium to strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
2201. STAR on Front WAX SEALER Quart
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: hemico
Price: $70.00
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: Grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish for a tin cap sealed with wax. Comes with an old tin cap into which is lightly stamped a 5-pointed star figure. It is not typical for marked wax sealer lids to be "debossed".....any marking is normally raised. Therefore the star figure may not be an original feature of the lid.
Appearance: shiny
Condition: mouth chips
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon
2202. NORTON BROS CHICAGO On Cap of Tin Can
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $80.00
Size: measuring roughly 7-3/4 inches tall and roughly 4-1/2 inches in base diameter
Color: painted tin can
Closure: original
Appearance: old
Condition: shown
Strength of embossing: lid only
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce early tin product container, which is documented to have come with instructions on re-using for home canning purposes
2203. C. HERMANN and Co MILWAUKEE Stoneware JAR
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $50.00
Size: small size, measuring about 6-3/8 inches tall and about 4 inches in base diameter
Color: glazed stoneware
Closure: possibly original drop-in stoneware lid with knob handle
Appearance: good
Condition: 2 thin flakes, one on the mouth and one at the logo area
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: scarce
2204. DEXTER with CIRCLE of FRUIT Aqua QUART
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: OddSchmuck
Price: $80.75
Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: correct original glass insert with 1865 patent date, and old replaced zinc screw band
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: chip on the screw thread
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: "D"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: a scarce and highly appealing early jar
2205. MIDGET PINT Masons 1858 HERO Base YELLOW OLIVE
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $1,826.56
Size: MIDGET PINT
Color: MEDIUM YELLOW OLIVE
Closure: Hero midget cap
Appearance: sparkling
Condition: flaking of the ground mouth
Strength of embossing: medium
Base: "PAT NOV 26 67" encircling a "24"
Age: late 1800's
Availability: rare strong colored midget pint
2206. BRIGHTON Half Gallon
Start Date: 02/07/2011End Date: 02/17/2011
Buyer: johnsjars
Price: $60.00
Size: HALF GALLON
Color: COLORLESS
Closure: correct original glass lid with 1886 patent date, and a replica metal clamp
Appearance: shiny, with a light ring of deposit inside
Condition: 2 short fissures in the back, which are typical glass-batch related defects for this series
Strength of embossing: strong
Base: unmarked
Age: late 1800's
Availability: uncommon