2332. MASON (in quotes, No 'S') PATENT 1880 Half Gal GREEN

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: 3ddalee
Price: $155.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: LIGHT GREEN

Closure: Mason Disk Protector Cap with milk glass pickle-pusher insert (tiny pinhole in side)

Appearance: shiny with a nice whittled effect

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth (one flake not quite detached)

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "76"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce color variation and a fine example

   

2333. BALL BLUE Color HALF GAL Masons CFJCo PATENT 1858

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: fljarman1858
Price: $330.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: LIGHT BALL BLUE

Closure: lugged CFJCo zinc cap

Appearance: shiny

Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: medium

Base: "E252"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this appealing color

   

2334. HANSEES PALACE HOME JAR Pint ALL ORIGINAL

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: bearcat2
Price: $77.00

Size: PINT

Color: CLEAR with a slight green tint

Closure: original glass lid and original elaborate wire clamp assembly

Appearance: shiny

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

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PAT DEC 19 1899"

Age: c1899

Availability: scarce

   

2335. YELLOW OLIVE Tall Quart MASONS CFJCo PATENT 1858

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: gunboss944
Price: $1,625.00

Size: TALL style QUART

Color: STRONG YELLOW OLIVE

Closure: lugged CFJCo zinc cap

Appearance: shiny

Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "B363"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare to find this jar in such a good color

   

2336. FRUIT KEEPER GCCo Aqua PINT All Original

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: tsellner46
Price: $70.00

Size: PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: Correct original glass cap and original 3-piece iron clamp assembly with impressed 1886 patent date. The clamp still has some of the original black dip-painted finish

Appearance: shiny with a faint trace of inside deposit

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon and a fine example

   

2337. FHGW Wax Sealer AMBER Quart

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: rnb3
Price: $55.00

Size: QUART

Color: AMBER

Closure: grooved ring wax sealer mouth finish made for a tin cap sealed with wax

Appearance: shiny

Condition: chipped spot on the outer ring, no other damage

Strength of embossing: base only

Base: "FHGW 1" (possibly Federal Hill Glass Works, Baltimore)

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

2338. MASONS + (Plus Sign) PATENT 1858 Aqua QUART

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: Roland
Price: $115.00

Size: QUART

Color: BRIGHT BLUE-AQUA

Closure: lugged CFJCo zinc cap

Appearance: brilliant, whittly, sparkling

Condition: roughness and flaking of the ground mouth all around

Strength of embossing: very strong

Base: "160" embossed backwards

Age: 1870's

Availability: scarce

   

2339. OLIVE AMBER Quart TRADE MARK LIGHTNING

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: burtonboy422
Price: $435.00

Size: QUART

Color: OLIVE-TONED HONEY AMBER

Closure: original deep honey amber glass lid and original wire bail closure

Appearance: shiny with a faint trace of inside deposit

Condition: normal roughness of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PUTNAM 227"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon color variation

   

2340. COMMODORE Aqua QUART

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: crwatsonnj
Price: $1,300.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: replica stopple

Appearance: sparkling and whittly glass

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

2341. Wm UNDERWOOD Aqua GALLON SIZE Stopper Jar

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: yohnskull
Price: $90.00

Size: GALLON (measures about 12-1/2 inches tall)

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: rolled lip for a cork stopper

Appearance: shiny with a trace of inside deposit

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong 

Base: smooth base with a single raised dot

Age: c1870

Availability: scarce in this large size

   

2342. MASONS Z PATENT 1858 Half Gal Base: L & W

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: canvasback
Price: $110.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: common zinc cap

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: ground mouth has an area of shallow chipping

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "L&W"

Age: 1870's

Availability: scarce

   

2343. PANSY (over erased BEST) HONEY AMBER Quart

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: chalkdust
Price: $625.00

Size: SQUATTY QUART

Color: HONEY AMBER

Closure: original glass insert (has daarker amber swirls) and a zinc screw band

Appearance: trace of inside deposit

Condition: challow chipping of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: Medium "PANSY" over removed "BEST". Has 20 vertical panels.

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

2344. HIRSCH BROS (FOX w/ FISH) PINT Louisville & Pittsburgh

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: DAIRYMAN
Price: $300.00

Size: PINT

Color: COLORLESS

Closure: plain milk glass insert and correct zinc band

Appearance: shiny glass

Condition: chipping of the sheared mouth

Strength of embossing: strong (note some of the logo has been highlighted in yellow by a previous collector, you can remove this if desired)

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce

   

2345. THOMPSON (in arch) Aqua QUART

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: twobricks
Price: $275.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: comes with a lugged CFJCo zinc cap

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: shallow chipping of the ground mouth all around

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PATd. 2."

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare

   

2346. TRADE MARK BEEHIVE (Pictorial w/ Bees) Quart AQUA

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: andrelus
Price: $325.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: plain aqua glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: no damage

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: early 1900's

Availability: scarce and highly-appealing

   

2347. SAFETY Amber PINT

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: garyauction
Price: $245.00

Size: PINT

Color: LIGHT AMBER

Closure: correct glass lid and correct original wire clamp

Appearance: sparkling with a faint trace of deposit inside

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth, flaking of the glass lid edge, flaking at the sloping neck sockets

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "3"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce in this small size

   

2348. BEAVER Quart BLUE GREEN Sharp

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: mackinaw-canuck
Price: $111.00

Size: QUART

Color: BLUE-GREEN

Closure: plain aqua glass insert and a zinc screw band

Appearance: shiny

Condition: chipping of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong lettering and pictorial

Base: "3"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce and highly-appealing

   

2349. WHITTLED Quart EUREKA 6 PATd 1864

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: plantman
Price: $80.00

Size: QUART

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: none

Appearance: shiny with a good whittled effect all over

Condition: flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: c1870

Availability: scarce with this degree of glass character

   

2350. THE SCHAFFER JAR ROCHESTER NY Aqua PINT

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: EppsFruitJars
Price: $385.00

Size: PINT

Color: AQUAMARINE

Closure: original finned glass lid with original wire clamp

Appearance: shiny

Condition: the ground mouth has a shallow chip that has been repaired with clear plastic resin as shown

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "2" embossed backwards

Age: late 1800's

Availability: rare in pint size and a good-looking example

   

2351. THE MAGIC (Star) FRUIT JAR Half Gallon ALL ORIGINAL

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: jarcollector
Price: $278.00

Size: HALF GALLON

Color: GREENISH

Closure: correct original glass lid with 1886 patent date and scarce correct original 3-piece cast iron and iron wire clamp assembly

Appearance: shiny, with some scuffs around the shoulder that are a typical from the original manufacturing

Condition: nicks on bottom of glass lid, the ground mouth has a low place in the grinding as shown, which might be from the original manufacturing

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "3"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce complete original example

   

2352. YELLOW OLIVE Quart TRADE MARK LIGHTNING

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: epgorge
Price: $430.00

Size: QUART

Color: BRIGHT YELLOW OLIVE

Closure: original & matching

Appearance: sparkling with a light whittled effect

Condition: normal nicking of the ground mouth, small open bubble inside

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "PUTNAM 250"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: great looking colored Lightning jar

   

2353. GLOBE Amber PINT

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: cprokop
Price: $107.00

Size: PINT

Color: AMBER

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

Appearance: shiny with a trace of inside deposit

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

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "2"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: uncommon in pint size

   

2354. DUPONT on Reverse MASONS PATENT 1858 QUART

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: pre6969
Price: $358.30

Size: QUART

Color: STRONG BLUE-AQUA

Closure: common zinc cap

Appearance: seedy glass character and shiny clean

Condition: normal flaking of the ground mouth

Strength of embossing: strong Dupont logo, medium to strong Mason lettering

Base: "K"

Age: early 1900's (ground mouth finish)

Availability: scarce

   

2355. BBGMCo (Ball Bros Buffalo NY) Aqua MIDGET PINT

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: redshedman46
Price: $413.00

Size: MIDGET PINT

Color: BLUE-AQUA

Closure: correct scarce original milk glass BALL BROS BUFFALO NY insert and correct zinc band (band is good with one small pinhole)

Appearance: sparkling

Condition: faint fissure in the heel as shown, hard to see

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: unmarked

Age: late 1800's

Availability: very scarce midget pint and fine original closure

   

2356. OLIVE w/ AMBER SWIRLS Quart MASONS PATENT 1858

Start Date: 03/28/2011
End Date: 04/07/2011
Buyer: fljarman1858
Price: $486.56

Size: QUART

Color: OLIVE with subtle AMBER SWIRLS

Closure: lettered zinc cap

Appearance: heavily whittled and sparkling

Condition: good condition including an excellent ground mouth with very little flaking

Strength of embossing: strong

Base: "B"

Age: late 1800's

Availability: scarce & great-looking colored 1858 jar