David. For example, the Violet jar is purple, the Beaver jar is amber, and the Lightning jar is clear. #7 on the bottom wikiHow, Inc. is the copyright holder of this image under U.S. and international copyright laws. Eclipse: These wide-mouthed jars were made between 1926 and 1952. Keegan, Ball Brothers Glass Company made a wide variety of containers besides their better-known fruit jars. Please double-check those folders in your email app/program after a few days if you haven't heard from me!! Any advice where to sell them. 3) The weight of the new jars is very close to that of the old jars, but in many cases the newer jars are just slightly lighter in weight. ~David. We have not been able to find anything on one clear glass wide-mouth jar in particular. Please send pics to my email address (noted on bottom right of any page on this site) and I will see if I can be of any help. ", timeframe when a jar was made. 1900-1910 The triple L. The Ball had an underscore extension that looped at the end like the letter L. 1910-1923 The double L. The underscore extension had no loop. If you love vintage and antiques, then you've come to the right place. This jar has a rubber lid that melts under heat, thus creating a seal. Did Ball make glass bottles? Those older lids are only good for collecting and displaying with the older jars, but definitely not actually using them for canning! I have an antique canning jar that holds almost 8 cups that I think might be rare because I have searched online and Ebay and have never seen one like it due to the unusual LOGO. Any info would be appreciated. The Owens scar is always present and virtually diagnostic on the original authentic jars. There are thousands of different jars known and I do not have info on every one. Weve put together this comprehensive guide to help you avoid deception from counterfeiters who create dubs and intend to pass them off as antiques. According to the stories, they threw them away, or intentionally broke them, fearing their enterprise could otherwise be met with bad luck. You have the half-gallon size. Today I found a Ball jar in an old cellar.its a pint jar and it says THE Ball Mason. On the bottom it says Home Products & Columbus Ohio around the edge of the bottom in the center of the bottom it only has these numbers 75 19 what does these numbers mean? mark on antique glass bottles & jars, Letter L in cursive script mark: Libbey Glass Company, Liquor Bottle Permit Numbers Numerical List, Lynchburg Glass Corporation, Lynchburg, Virginia, M inside a circle: Maryland Glass Corporation, Baltimore, MD, MASONS PATENT NOV 30TH 1858 Fruit Jars Summary, Maywood Glass Company, Compton, California (1930-1959) ~ MG Connected mark, McLaughlin Glass Company, Vernon, California, M.G.CO. Quart, Hazel Atlas Company (1902-1964) It is clearly on the front about 3/4 below the word Mason. #7 on the bottom (Quart) No one seems to know where these repro half-pints were made, but it is assumed they were made outside the US, possibly in China or India. The glass has several large bubbles and the writing is very faint(it does not protrude as far off the glass as others. Research about those details and the word Ball tells me its date is between 1956-1960. Ball Perfect Mason the Perfect is slightly to the right. Any idea on age and why its different? And, they can still fetch you a nice price, either individually or in bulk. Your guess is as good as mine! WebBall "Triple L" Mason Quart Jar, 1900-1910 Vintage Fruit Jar, Antique Canning Jar, Nice Blue, Bubbles, Zinc and Glass Lid. Hello, I found a box of old Ball jars and two of them have the # B18 and the other has 18 but on the bottom says A18 and the one has B18 on bottom. Most Atlas Mason jars sell for under $15, but there are a few examples that can be worth much more. Hi! for Mason Jars and Mason Jar Accessories. The word standard also is written at angle. The phenomenon occurs on bottles when the molten glass was blown into the mold, and the glass shifts slightly before settling into its final resting place, and in that split second the molten glass can pick up part of the lettering before it shifts again and solidifies into place, causing a double image, or faint secondary image of part of the embossed lettering. Hundreds of millions (probably upwards of a billion or more!) Please refer to the Red Book of Fruit Jar Price Guide for a detailed list. Please check out my page about the Boyd Porcelain lined cap on this website. I have many aqua jars I use for canning and dehydrated food. To learn other ways you can date an old Ball mason jar, keep reading! Highly recommended if you are wanting to sell/purchase jarsor give away gifts in jars so you know the true value of the gift. They can be found in large quantities in almost any antique store or flea market especially throughout the Midwest and Eastern states. Take care, Hope this helps! In fact, most old mason jars that would qualify for terms such as antique or vintage have price tags in the mere double digits. They are (so far) made of light cornflower blue glass, amethyst and true green. Amber Beaver Jar was invented in 1880 and its price today can be up to over $2,000 on an online auction. It LOOKS like to should take a standard lid but they are too large. I purchased a triple L Ball jar with a 13 mold number in Roman numerals. The base carries a mold number along with the glass manufacturers mark used by Ardagh Group, the maker of the jars. And the older the vintage mason jars are, the more valuable they are overall. This culling out of #13 jars from among the general population of jars (and stashing them away) can certainly increase the perception of their scarcity. Lead glass was the typical glass used for tableware (such as sugar bowls, spooners, tumblers, wine glasses, vases, mugs etc. ) (No, bottles with ghosting are not rare, and there is usually not much premium value put on bottles with ghosting, although some collectors might pay more for a certain piece that has a particularly legible instance of ghosting.) Thank you in advance for any information. I suppose there are Ball jars with various Roman numerals on them as well as normal numbers. Care & Cleaning: Dishwasher-Safe. The Red Book of Fruit Jars is updated each year and has some info on many jars and an approximate value but does not always give dates of manufacture. Lid Material: Plastic. Base of emerald green glass 7-UP soda bottle. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. Cleaning antique mason jars isnt all that complicated as long as youre careful not to break them. I cleaned out my parents barn in Indiana last month and found my Grandmothers canning jars. The absolute best-case scenarios can cost more than that with some going as high as $1,000 but thats rare. ISBN-10 : 9990394032. Ball Perfect Mason with lines going down the sides (Quart). This works because we know which logos were used during which periods so that alone is usually enough to give us a dating approximation of a few years or a couple of decades at most. Instead, the base of the new jars is relatively smooth although there may be a faint, poorly defined mold seam. However, if theyre valuable, maybe I should reconsider. Square Wide Mouth Pint $7.99 Kerr 'Self Sealing' - U.S. Pat. JoAnn Moser. WebAntique Ball Perfect Mason Jar 1 Quart Blue FreshMixxFurnishings (141) $20.00 Antique Blue Ball Mason Jar, 1/2 Gallon SaltandSeaVintage (44) $48.00 FREE shipping Rare Blue Antique 1890 Ball Special Half Gallon 64 oz Wide Mouth Jar CottageKitchnVintage (50) $49.50 $55.00 (10% off) Antique Blue Ball Mason jar - Half Gallon ThisOldCouchVintage David. At this time, Ball also adopted the 2-L style logo, where the decorative loop on the end of the name was dropped. ~David. Add a few old Ball mason jars together and you can be looking at several hundred dollars or even more. David. ~David. At the present time (2021) I havent seen any in Half-Gallon size, although perhaps they will eventually be made in that size as well. Pint, Decorative Embossing These jars are being sold for actual canning use, but also for rustic or retro decorative appeal; are being used as containers for liquid soap dispensers (some ebay or etsy sellers are selling them with special lids for this use); for use in candle making, and for similar Americana primitive and crafts projects. Is it some sort of store display? Each jar has unique features that make it better than others. Mason jars have unique colors that indicate a brand. have a jar (square) with MASON on all four sides at top of jar.on two sides of jar there are indented markings of 1/2 , 3/4, and pint, with room above for probably 1/2 cup more but not marked. They sound like typical Ball jars that were made in very large numbers, and although they are old and considered collectible, since they are common they have only minor value to collectors, perhaps 1 to 3 dollars apiece in good condition. Diamond-I mark on bottom of amber bottle made by Illinois Glass Company. Thank you for your time. Learn more Ball mason jars are a type of home canning jar made by the Ball Corporation. Ive been searching the internet to find information on reproductions. Many slight variations are seen, with the exact lettering orientation just barely noticeably different from one example to another, such as the spacing, height, width, depth of cut, of individual letters. Hi Dianne, 6 9.) I am sure your jars are not reproductions. I think most of those Ball Perfect Mason jars with the letters along with the numbers (which are mold identification marks) were made sometime in the 1930s-1960s, but that is only a guess, and I cant narrow down the date range any better. Their value is $2-3 so $2 is right. An Owen scar is a round thin sharp line at the bottom jar bottom. Hope this helps, (433) $35.00 FREE shipping. were made, and these jars have been used by home canners throughout much of the 20th century. 2nd line: Ball 9 AMERICAN There is stippling or knurling (a pattern of raised dots) present along the contact surface/perimeter of the base. Wow! David. Although it is possible a few atoms of iron will leach away from the glass into the food over long periods of time, this would not be harmful. (I compare it to blowing a large bubble gum bubble, partly sucking it in for a split second, and blowing it back out). ~David. The Ball is the triple L style. The self-sealing design was messy and stressful. Hi Natasha, Off' Square Wide Mouth Pint $9.99 6.5 inch 'Self Sealing' (Square) 1960's Wide Mouth Quart 2 Your jar (and its many variants) are listed from #279 to #296-10 in the Redbook used by antique jar collectors. A small Ball logo with the curled extender on the B and an end loop that doubles back to underline the all in Ball appears on the bottom only along with the number 5014 and another raised mark that looks like a stretched-out skinny number 6. However, the mild scarcity, in my opinion is NOT REALLY STRONG ENOUGH to warrant the high prices which are often asked for these jars on online auction sites. This mark may be faint, and resembles a horseshoe or odd letter U. However, longtime fruit jar researcher and glass company historian Dick Roller stated that the Ball Mason jars date from approximately 1901. You never know what you will find. In general, mold numbers do not have any relevance to the worth of a particular 1858 jar, although some Hemingray 1858-type jars can be identified by their particular look of the mold numbers, very, very large and ornate on the base. Are they harder to find or common? William Franzen & Sons- W F & S MIL marking on base of amber beer bottle. All you need to do is wash them carefully by hand with warm water and soap and then soak them for half an hour if need be. I am hoping you are able to cast some light on my mystery Ball jar. The first set of Ball Mason Jars in 1885-1886 had theBall Brothers Glass Manufacturing Companymedallion. I found some lids at an antique store in mint condition. (See the chart farther down on this page). The beautiful thing about antique Mason jars is that each brand engraved its name on the body. Tanya, the jars marked BALL MASON were probably introduced around 1901 (according to info by highly respected fruit jar researcher and historian Dick Roller although author William F. Brantley wrote about 1895 in his book A Collectors Guide to Ball Jars) and were made in large quantities from the early 1900s into the c.1910-1915 period. D in a diamond mark on base of cobalt blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle made by Dominion Glass Company (Photo courtesy of Tyler Cazes). Several off-sizes were also produced, although in much smaller quantities. David, Albert, the porcelain liners were actually made of milk glass (usually white milk glass, although sometimes tints of other colors can be seen), and many embossing variants are seen. $5-6.00. Probably could have used them for dry storage but didnt think just tossed, I didnt want to mix them with good lids. The Universal jar is one of the most valuable Mason jars for collectors. Is this accurate? $15-18.00, Aqua Ball Mason I found you. Bless your heart for any time you have left over to address the inquiries you receive on your site. The RED BOOK Lists thousands of variations. (Ball Blue is the standard color of these jars, a somewhat more blue shade of aqua). Those jars are usually found in a very pale light green glass. Hope this helps, Perhaps a reader can give us some feedback on it! Collectors covet Mason jars, especially the rare ones. Best regards, Antique & Vintage Canning Jar Price Guide - Adirondack Girl Your jar has the third L type of lettering (loop) which was common after around 1900 up to the introduction of the Ball Perfect Mason. The lids were all wide mouth. It stands 20 tall and is around 30 round. If you have access to a local flea market or antique mall that stocks Ball jars with lids (most have at least a few! The jar is clear. oz. The markings and characteristics are similar to the Pint size jars described above. There is a small circled R underneath the BALL logo on the front of the new jars. Is this jar made in 1965? The BPM was the most popular brand of jar for home canning ever produced in the United States. It was a screw-top jar with threaded glass. Ive noticed this through looking at the bases of hundreds if not thousands of typical Ball Perfect Mason jars while browsing at antique and collectible malls and flea markets over the last 20+ years. Hello Angel, most of the later clear Ball jars are very common and dont have much collector value, although they still have (of course) practical, useful value for canning. They are sold through Hearthmark (Jardens Home Brands). (Photograph courtesy of Penny Garcia), (Photo courtesy Frances Riley, Prince Rupert, BC). Collecting Vintage & Antique Bottles David. In the 1920s and early 1930s, Ball produced 40-ounce (1.2-L) jars that were used for coffee, and 42-ounce (1.24-L) jars that were popular with bootleggers. The jar has grips but no measurements. Can anyone tell me about a 3 pint blue Ball jar? Hi Davina, These are actually made of zinc and milk glass. 2) The newer jars (not always, but usually) tend to have a considerable number of micro-bubbles scattered through the glass, which is not seen in the old jars. The Self-sealing jar by Kerr existed at two different times in history. Their lids were made from glass and secured with a wire and rubber seal. My grandfather gave me this jar with Ball perfect mason made in usa (A9) . Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It may take a while before exact duplicates are found that is, finding two jars that were both made from one individual, specific mold. I dont have all of the very latest editions of these books and had not perused them closely to see if we could narrow down the date range for the jar. Sorry I dont remember where they are! ISBN-13 : 978-9990394030. In other cases the molten glass was slightly cooler than it should have been, and did not fill in the engraving completely. In the same way, a mold number (0-15) underneath the jar is meaningless. It is round, clear uncolored glass, wider circumference at the bottom and a regular-mouth lid will fit the narrower top. I had two links to that chart posted on this article, but I have now inserted the chart itself on my page. A rubber ring tucked inside the lid created the sealnecessary to preserve the contents. Can you share some details about the a9 series please. You could show a picture of the timeline. 4 & 5.) amzn_assoc_title = "My Amazon Picks"; Hi Michael, Free shipping on many items | Browse your favorite brands | affordable prices. The blue or light blue-aqua color of old Ball fruit jars (and virtually all other bottles, jars, insulators and other types of similar soda-lime glass with a bluish or greenish tint) comes from the presence of trace quantities of iron in the sand that was used to make the glass. According to The Fruit Jar Works volume 2, written by Alice Creswick, those jars were made by Illinois Pacific Glass Company, of San Francisco, and could date sometime in the 1902-1925 time period. Some Ball Perfect Mason jars are found with the number 13 on the bottom. (See that mark pictured in the U alphabetical bottle mark listings.) As of the time of this writing, I have examined some PINT size jars, but I dont know if they are (or will be) producing quart and/or half-gallon sizes. WebMay 13, 2022 - The topic for today is antique mason jars. David, Lisa, they are NOS (new old stock). In the 1800s, the cork stopper was the widespread bottle closure. What Ball jars are worth money? According to Country Living, an upside-down Ball canning jar designed to rest on its lid is relatively rare and made between 1900 and 1910. It's valued at about $1,000. Country Living also notes that a unique 1858 design, called the Willoughby Stopple, is especially valuable because it proved to be defective. 5) There is virtually no base wear, nor any light scratching on the surface of the glass which would normally be seen (at least slightly) on most old jars (although base wear can be faked). Theres also a scribble on its body, ATLAS E-Z SEAL.. Webjar, vintage, KERR MASON, clear glass, quart (32 fl. Ok thanks! did I read somewhere that sometimes when ball bought out another company that sometimes they redid the competitors jars and put Balll on them? and read Ball Quilted Crystal U.S.A. Are the seals and rings still available? You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. Bootleggers used Mason jars to smuggle alcohol, so they altered the form to indicate the difference from the original coffee dispensers. Quart, Clear, Lightning Seal, C. David. They are marked (on front) BALL PERFECT MASON, on rear 1913 1915 / 100 YEARS OF / AMERICAN / HERITAGE / MADE IN U.S.A. . The rubber from the jar lids deteriorated in the water bath and the jars did not stay sealed. They are no longer available but I have picked up a number of boxes at yard sales and vintage sales. To date an old Ball mason jar, look at the logo on the jar. WebThese antique Mason jars have traditionally been used for a host of different purposes, ranging from pickling food to arts and crafts designs. one quart and 1 pint with distinctive seams. #8 on the bottom Ball Jars (detailed below). There are several different base molds found so far, and some of them start with an H followed by three numbers. In some cases mold paste clogged up the engraving in the mold, causing a portion of the embossing to be missing or flattened. David. There are many minor variants of Ball jars, sometimes found in various shades of true green (not aqua). Logo of two water drops Pasabahce, Turkey. automatic glasscontainer-making machinery. But to me, it goes much further. Hundreds of different molds were used to produce those jars and sometimes the mold cutter engraved the lettering in slightly different positions relative to the top line of text. ), C B B; C B K ; C B M marks on antique pickle jars, Coke Bottles (Glass Manufacturers Marks on Coke Bottles), Collectible Milk Glass General Information / Overview, Depression Glass (What is Depression Glass? I have SO many of these great old grid jars that I used for pantry storage alreadyI guess I just really love a challenge. Unfortunately, several years ago a number of newly made reproductions of this type and size began to surface in the United States. Thanks They should be the most commonly found type of porcelain liner. At the present time (2021) I havent seen any in Half-Gallon size, although perhaps they will eventually be made in that size as well. Warranty: No Applicable Warranty. VE mark used by Vetreria Etrusca, glass company in Italy, Brockway Glass Company base of 1983 amber beer bottle. 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