Up here in MT you are fortunate to find them for 4$ a piece. #8 on the bottom. I would like more info on that one too. It also has a extra line around the top of the jar. David. If I were you, Id go ahead and use them for your herb garden, or as kitchen canisters, vases, containers for marbles, buttons, etc, or as general home dcor. The current Ball jar logo, for example, has been used since 1975 as is. It has only the word Mason below it. WebBall Perfect Mason 1933-1962 Quart Canning Jars Clear Glass (Lot of 2) $10.00 $18.45 shipping or Best Offer VINTAGE 1945 CLEAR SQUARE BALL PERFECT MASON GLASS CANNING PRESERVE JAR Mold #3 $24.00 Free shipping Vintage Ball Perfect Mason Square Ribbed Jar Clear Quart. The top of the jar can also affect its value as there were some topper designs a century and a half ago that youll rarely see today. Unfortunately, several years ago a number of newly made reproductions of this type and size began to surface in the United States. This is the first time I have ever seen an F embossed on the bottom. The various antique mason jars represent a time in history. Many if not most of these jars have at least a few bubbles in them. Next time you rummage through your grandmas spice locker, be alert. Also, there are volume/weight measurements embossed along the side of the jar, including cups, milliliters and ounces. This one is different because the word BALL is in print not cursive. This is presumably because fewer molds were produced with the mold numbers 12 through 15 thus fewer total jars made. Any info would be appreciated. David. By 1900, the Hero group produced jams and marmalades in mason jars. Black Amber Magic Star Fruit Jar boasts an impressive price tag of $3,000. I cant find anything on the Internet and I am very curious about the history behind this jar. 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Brody Company), Bromo-Seltzer, Baltimore, MD ~ Cobalt Blue Glass Bottles, Brookfield Glass Company / Bushwick Glass Works, Brooklyn, New York, Caldwells (Dr. W. B. Caldwells, Monticello, Illinois) ~ bottles, California Glass Insulator Company, Long Beach, CA, Capstan Glass Company, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Carnival Glass (What is Carnival Glass? I bought some older lids at an estate sale, not that old, probably from the 60s. That line should show signs of age centuries of dragging it across surfaces mustve left a mark or two. Not only because it has a unique cork lid but, there arent many in existence. This jar has a rubber lid that melts under heat, thus creating a seal. one quart and 1 pint with distinctive seams. These reproduction (fake) versions were NOT made or sold as official BALL products in regular retail outlets, unlike the modern reissues made by Ardagh Group that I discuss elsewhere on this page. But, unfortunately, its also another case of error turning to the status quo. Jeremiah, most jars bearing the BALL brand name are not handblown they are machine-made (either on semi-automatic machines from the 1890s or fully-automatic, early 1900s). It is a number 7. Unfortunately, John L. Mason failed to patent his entire innovations so, other manufacturers copied his model. Thats one of the later, machine-made types of Wax Sealer fruit jars. $15-18.00, Aqua Ball Mason ", the 1923. Is this a common mishap? They should be the most commonly found type of porcelain liner. Though collectible Mason jars are Research about those details and the word Ball tells me its date is between 1956-1960. Thanks for any info in advance! You have the half-gallon size. Bless your heart for any time you have left over to address the inquiries you receive on your site. I have found it is probably from the Kearns Co., Zanesville, OH, in the mid 1800s but would like to pin down the date better and an approximate value. The 2 is a mold number. To measure the capacity of your jar, fill it with water and then measure the amount of water the jar holds. The new pint jars appear to be. On second look you can see a faint 13 in the background as well. GLASS FACTORY INFORMATION ~ Antique Glassware ~ Manufacturers' Marks, Logos & Emblems used by Glassmaking Companies in the USA ~ Antique Bottles ~ Fruit Jars ~ Glass Electrical Insulators ~ Tableware ~ Dating Information ~ Articles about different types of Glass, Vintage & Antique ~ Summary Articles on Selected Glass Companies. Lots of them are still around, boxes of them having been found after long storage in pantries, closets, warehouses, etc, in never used condition. I have a Ball THE Mason, green tint, pint jar. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Are they harder to find or common? 8+ of them are Ball perfect Mason without the underline. David I did some research and found that the first edition perfect jars were done like this for the first 2years of production mainly with existing jars. $10-12.00, Aqua Ball Does this make it any rarer, and is it possibly just an earlier one before the Perfect was added? Copyright 2023 MasonJars.com. Quart, Shoulder Seal, c.1875-1900 (Clear jars marked Ball Mason were made in the 1960s and 1970s). I hope this helps. R in a triangle mark used by Reed. There are several different base molds found so far, and some of them start with an H followed by three numbers. This article received 37 testimonials and 94% of readers who voted found it helpful, earning it our reader-approved status. G-94 was the bottle style number. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Please see my page on Ball Bros Glass Manufacturing Company. Any idea? Thoughts? Best, Kathy, Hi Kathy, Any thoughts would be helpful. I found you. Thank you very much for your post and info. Consumers would cover the jar with a cork, then seal it with wax under heat. Any idea on these? Hi Casey, Hi Michele (and Lee), These jars as being sold in sets of 6, and come in pint size only (as of this writing). I have picked a masons jar patent Nov. 30th 1858 with an H362 on the bottom, can you tell me anything about it? Most myths and legends are based on a kernel of truth, and this may be no exception to the rule. All websites talk about number embossing to determine batch or manufacturer location. To know the various types of mason jars is to take a journey into the history of mason jars. Because i have a regular job and have been VERY, VERY pressed for time. There are a few differences between the new ones and the old originals which can be easily seen. This is what might be called natural glass or common glass as produced by man. My friend inherited some Ball jars from her mother in Minnesota. If a zinc lid contains a porcelain (milk glass) liner, they are likely original lids (the BALL lids were made over many decades, many of them sold as replacements). Common lower-grade glass items such as bottles, fruit jars and insulators were typically made with soda lime glass which doesnt contain lead. Typically, they these jars were made in half pint, pint, quart, and half-gallon sizes. So, antique mason jars what are they worth and how can you figure out their value? MADE-IN-U.S.A. Hi Medolark, Thanks for bringing that to my attention. The glass has some air bubbles in it, but otherwise is in excellent co dition.The shape of the jar is nothing like the shape of the Ball jars. Quart, ShoulderSeal, c.1900-1910 O-I mark currently used by O-I (Owens-Illinois, Inc), D inside a circle mark attributed to Degenhart Art Glass, Cambridge Ohio. I have a collection of porcelain liners,and I would like to know what was embossed on the porcelain liners for ball mason jar lids,so i know what they are like the next time i go to a dump. I am trying to find a date and value for a green (somewhat light) wax seal canning jar with a K on the bottom. No, thats the mold identification. David. At this time, Ball also adopted the 2-L style logo, where the decorative loop on the end of the name was dropped. Over a century later, Ball Fresh Preserving has grown to be a world-wide brand that many know and love. There are over 10 thousand members so far: https://www.facebook.com/groups/692295580805553, For information on values, you might check out the Redbookjars.com site, where the Red Book fruit jar price guide for collectors is available for purchase. Their glass is thicker than the modern set, which is why they last for years. Hundreds of millions (probably upwards of a billion or more!) 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. The four standard sizes are Pint, Half-pint, Quart, and Half-gallon. In response to the complaint of food spoiling in metal lid mason jars, Hero improved on the previous mason jar design in 1870. TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS ON THIS SITE ~ COPYRIGHT 2004-2022. Assessing Atlas Mason Jar Value. Some variants have vertical raised lines (ribs or grips) along the sides, added to assist in handling the jars while they are wet. Hi Natasha, However, the valuation depends on many factors with Its likely that White Lightning derived its name from the fact that bootleggers used these jars to store their product. for Mason Jars and Mason Jar Accessories. ", http://www.minnetrista.net/blog/2013/06/27/ball-family-history/how-to-date-a-ball-jar/, http://www.livinghomegrown.com/dating-old-canning-jars/, http://www.weststpaulantiques.com/galleryofjars.html, http://www.bottlepickers.com/bottle_articles188.htm, http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/ball-perfect-mason-jars, http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/ball-perfect-mason-jars/, http://www.countryliving.com/shopping/antiques/a36246/canning-jars-collectors-guide/. Ball Perfect Mason jars were made utilizing steel molds as part of ABM (Automatic Bottle Machine) i.e. I can say that the clear Ball Perfect Mason jars all date after 1937, when the color was changed from aqua or Ball Blue to clear glass. Thus, if a random sampling of these jars are studied (for instance, just looking at a selection of only those marked with a number 2 on the bottom), it may be seen that the numbers typically appears slightly different, in fact unique in their exact appearance, from one jar to the next. The markings on the base identified that particular mold. $10-12.00, Ball Ideal Can you tell me anything about it? I am assuming that many other molds were made and some of those molds had the MASON offset to the left (or PERFECT offset to the right, which is the way they are usually described). 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). There are no other markings anywhere. No numbers. There is stippling or knurling (a pattern of raised dots) present along the contact surface/perimeter of the base. Pint, Decorative Embossing did I read somewhere that sometimes when ball bought out another company that sometimes they redid the competitors jars and put Balll on them? Not to mention their appeal as a collectors item which is virtually guaranteed because of the great popularity of the older jars . The B17 is probably a mold number, so that in itself gives us no information on age. Julie, Thanks for your patience. Beyond that, I cant speculate on the exact year of manufacture on any of the later clear jars. Hazel Atlas Company (1902-1964) https://www.ball.com/our-company/our-story/original-history-timeline. The first design was an error, but the Ball brothers turned it into a coffee dispenser. Still, these hermetically sealed glass wonders can be priced by collectors if they are old enough or if they have some specific and rare features. Those other types of Ball jars are not discussed here as they deserve in-depth articles of their own. Masons Zinc Lid Jar costs about $1,300 today as it was one of Masons original designs. Is it a rare jar? $25-30.00, Lightning Registered U.S. Patent Filed Web8 Oz Straight Side Glass Mason Jar With Tinplate Lid , Find Complete Details about 8 Oz Straight Side Glass Mason Jar With Tinplate Lid,8 Oz Glass Mason Jar,8 Oz Straight Side Glass Jar,Glass Mason Jar With Tinplate Lid from Supplier or Manufacturer-Xuzhou Xiahua Glass Products Co., Ltd. I doubt thats true, but you never know! Another way the engravings on the jar can give you insight is when there is an adjective term somewhere on the jar, usually between the Ball and Mason logos. Pint, Lightning Seal, c. 1900-1910 My name is Connie Chapman. David. [I replied by direct email to this question, and received pics of her jar and the base. ~David. jars were used to pack coffee. I run into old moonshine stills all the time. $18-20.00, Clear Embossed Canning Jar William Franzen & Sons- W F & S MIL marking on base of amber beer bottle. Thank you, Bryan, its one of the recent repro jars. $12-15.00, Unmarked Clear Square Jars Take care! I am sure it is not a reproduction. Most of the earlier versions were round (cylindrical) in shape, and some of the later types are square (with rounded corners) in design. Although this brand was defective in 1858 when it came out, its a prized-collectible today. There is a small circled R underneath the BALL logo on the front of the new jars. It was a screw-top jar with threaded glass. One of the most common error jars is a Ball jar with a misspelling of the word Perfect, and common variations include perffct, peprect, and perefct.. This mason jar from Canada has a beaver image on the front and has a different color than US-made amber jars. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=standard+mason+jar+%28pint%2C+quart%2C+gallon%29&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=standard++mason+jar+%28pint%2Cquart%2C+gallon%29. Another note: Just recently (2019) new BALL PERFECT MASON jars have been issued and are for sale at various department stores. PS it blue round 1923/1933 era, Hi John, It may be worth something, but that will be determined by the size, color, age, and top. HERITAGE 6 people found this helpful. Thanks for writing! The new pint jars appear to be very slightly lighter in weight than the older ones, but this may not hold true on all jars, since there was some variability in the older jars. To be clear, the newer Heritage reproductions would say 100th anniversary on the back? For example, the Violet jar is purple, the Beaver jar is amber, and the Lightning jar is clear. Hi Donna, Yes, Zinc-coated steel and Milk glass. ALL Ball Perfect Mason jars were machine-made by Ball at one of their several glass factories. Welcome to my antique and vintage canning jar price guide! New Collectors Edition BALL PERFECT MASON jars (with the cursive font style used in the 1910-1923 period) have appeared in grocery stores and department stores recently. Im sorry but I dont know what year the jar was made, or if it is possible to glean that info from the numbers on it. Lastly, some jars can have specific quirks that collectors find very tempting such as an upside-down stamp, certain defects, and so on. Is it some sort of store display? David. Do you have any idea what the F represents or where I can find information on that? I want to be sure I found an original, not a replica. Information on attribution from page 200 of The Fruit Jar Works Volume 1 by Alice Creswick. ISBN-10 : 9990394032. A rubber ring tucked inside the lid created the sealnecessary to preserve the contents. This article has been viewed 712,745 times. What age, etc? Instead, the base of the new jars is relatively smooth although there may be a faint, poorly defined mold seam. I was just gifted a straight shoulder quart (1896-1910) Ball Mason with what appears to be an upside down s! Some of these colors might be known under other/different names depending on who is describing them! This is seen occasionally on the base of some Ball Perfect Mason jars. All of the LOGO 5 jars have only 2 Ls, not three. I looked up your jar variation in the reference book The Fruit Jar Works by Alice Creswick (1995) and the jar is listed officially as Jar #1770 in those listings. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Masontops Bean Screen Plastic Mason Jar Sprouting Lids for Wide Mouth Mason Jars at the best online prices at eBay! I had two links to that chart posted on this article, but I have now inserted the chart itself on my page. Learn how your comment data is processed. Thank you very much for your post! NorthglenAntiques (153) $14.99 There are no other numbers on it. A keyword search of ghost embossing on google might bring up better info. The Buffalo Jar in amber is even rarer; only four are known to exist. To be honest, your questions are rather general and very hard to answer with precision. 2nd line: Ball 9 Hello. Thank you for your interest, understanding and support! 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. M in a circle mark used by Maryland Glass Corporation. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; Vintage Antique Green Mason Jar Pint Sized with/Zinc Lid 1900/1910 BALL MASON Canning Fruit Jar Glass Mason Jar- SWEET! Hi Nathaniel, David. Instantly recognizable by avidvintage-lovers, the Nov. 30th 1858 patent dateappears on literally thousands of canning jars produced between1858-1920. David. Your experiences (indicating the old jars as more sturdy and less prone to breakage) gives clues as to why so many of the older Ball Perfect Mason jars are still around! 11. Many cannot be identified as to exact glass factory source. 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