Any idea? and read Ball Quilted Crystal U.S.A. Are the seals and rings still available? O V entwined on base of cobalt blue Acqua della Madonna water bottle from Italy. WebMASON JARS 16 Ounce Wide Mouth Ball Mason Jars | Case of 12 $33.00 Out of stock 16 Ounce Regular Mouth Anchor Hocking Mason Jars | No Lid | Case of 12 $12.99 Add to These are larger size mason jars. I dont know how common the 41 jar would be, compared to other mold numbers seen. amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; Sometimes it just so happens that two people land on a particular jar auction, become interested in a particular jar and a bidding war erupts. WebBall Perfect Mason Green Canning Jar 1 Quart 1896-1910 Milk Glass Insert Zinc Lid AndysTreasuresStore (307) $23.75 FREE shipping More like this Blue Ball Mason Jar Three L Logo Antique 1896 to 1910 Quart RedRiverAntiques (7,437) $22.00 More like this More colors Large Mason Jar Plastic Canvas Cut Out Plastic Canvas Jar Ball Needlepoint Shape There is stippling or knurling (a pattern of raised dots) present along the contact surface/perimeter of the base. The lettering on the jar is raised. One box of lids says v 63 arro on it all the others say #63. ", the 1923. I found a blue jar in my woods that seems to fit the 1910-1923 model description. This logo is called the 3-L logo because the decorative loop at the end of the logo looks like a third L in the Ball name. You never know what you will find. To sum this up, there are still a lot of uncertainties involving the many BALL fruit jar varieties to be found, and I am certainly not an expert on those jars!! It appears to be old glass and not a reproduction. Thank you! The sun jar is a frosted glass container with a glass seal that houses solar power and lights up the environment beautifully. To look for signs of originality, look CAREFULLY under a bright light for tiny scratches in the sides, base wear (network of high point scratches and scuffs on the bottom which is noticeable on almost all older jars that were used over a long period of time). I believe all Ball ribbed jars are post 1935 as that is when ribs (or grips as they were called) were developed. I dont see anything oabout numbers on the front of jars. 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. The part where the lid screws on is rough as well. Also, it gave me a lead on a jar that just says mason on it. $15-20.00, Aqua Ball Ideal The glass has several large bubbles and the writing is very faint(it does not protrude as far off the glass as others. There are unique words that signify the manufacturing year of a Ball Mason Jar. The embossed letters on the bottom clearly say Wine and on one end it looks like the infamous Ball logo. A G C inside map of Arkansas mark as it appears on the base of a clear glass packer jar. Because it's one of the more iconic products of all time, many people are fascinated to know the history behind the ageless invention. 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. Best regards, It was a screw-top jar with threaded 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. 3 is a mold number. Talk about turning your mistakes into money thats the tale of the upside-down jar. How can you tell if a mason jar is vintage? The jar also has MADE IN U.S.A. on lower back end of jar. I have various (old) Ball (Perfect Mason) jars used for storing dried foods, several are 1/2 gal. Still, this is in no way insignificant considering that most people just throw them away for nothing, as if they are any ordinary old glass. (Ball Blue is the standard color of these jars, a somewhat more blue shade of aqua). This one is different because the word BALL is in print not cursive. I found a 1913-1915 Ball Perfect jar where the perfect is offset. $5-6.00. All of the LOGO 5 jars have only 2 Ls, not three. It LOOKS like to should take a standard lid but they are too large. Best regards, Ironically, while the Ball Mason jar is one of the more iconic products of all time, few people know the history behind the ageless invention. I have absolutely no connection with the current distributors of any fruit jars, including those marked BALL or any other brand name. Others are blank (no lettering of any kind). ARCOROC USA ~ base marking on small dessert bowl, Clover-like logo seen on base of French pharmacy bottle (photo courtesy Lynne Wertz), Fenton Glass Company Hobnail Fan Vase in Blue Opalescent. Hello David, (They are the same, typical Ball Blue or blueish-aqua color seen in most of the originals.) 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). One of the treasures I stumbled upon was a jar. Out of curiosity, I weighed a new jar and old one, and the new jar weighed 10.375 ounces, the old jar weighing 10.75 ounces. Fruit Jar Annual is updated every 1-2 years and contains info on most jars including circa dates. I think this jar may be one of these. The fun color attracted consumers, so the producers stuck to it. Its common for its lever-like lid. Quart, Shoulder Seal, c. 1890-1915 H in a square mark as it appears on a Hemingray-manufactured emerald green soda, mineral water or beer bottle. Owens-Illinois Glass Company trademark/logo Diamond Oval- I entwined. Probably could have used them for dry storage but didnt think just tossed, I didnt want to mix them with good lids. Age is far from the only factor at play here and the exact type of glass, design, and even color of the jar can also be crucial. I purchased bottles at an estate sale. Why do Mason jars stand the test of time? We have not been able to find anything on one clear glass wide-mouth jar in particular. ~David. Longtime, knowledgeable (Serious) Ball fruit jar collectors might be able to give us better information on dating, and I invite anyone landing on this page to chime in if they have ANY clues to help narrow down this age range. The BPM was the most popular brand of jar for home canning ever produced in the United States. Cleaning antique mason jars isnt all that complicated as long as youre careful not to break them. $10-12.00 each, Home Storage of Vegetables and Fruits Copyright 2023 MasonJars.com. Our trained team of editors and researchers validate articles for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Most myths and legends are based on a kernel of truth, and this may be no exception to the rule. until around 1860 when the new Soda Lime glass formula came into widespread use since it was cheaper to make. ~David. Hope this helps! Masons Zinc Lid Jar costs about $1,300 today as it was one of Masons original designs. and 3rd line: A11. Web$33.95 Vintage Large Blue BALL PERFECT MASON JAR 1/2 Half GLN Zync Lid 9 1/4" 1923-1933 $14.95 +$14.95 shipping Vintage Ball Perfect Mason Blue Canning Jar #13 Zinc Lid 1923-1933 (A47) $25.95 Last one 1923 - 1933 Vintage Ball Perfect Mason Jar Blue #8 with Lid One Quart $10.00 +$5.57 shipping Please see my page on Ball Bros Glass Manufacturing Company. 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 markings and characteristics are similar to the Pint size jars described above. Amber jars arent very popular in recent years but they were at the turn of the 20th century so vintage amber jars arent that valuable either. best regards, David. Hello, I have just got a collection of jars (house dates back to 1920s) and a lot of jars. Best regards, Thank you very much for your post! One is pre-World War II (1904-1945), while the other is post-World War II (1946- mid1980). 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. In response to the complaint of food spoiling in metal lid mason jars, Hero improved on the previous mason jar design in 1870. PS. What does this mean It also has an I on the bottom across from the 13F on the bottom. Hi Dianne, Report Although today they are used as candle holders, memento jars, juice cups, and decorations in the 19th-century, these jars were your best bet for storing foods. Is this true? I found a faint green jar with Ball Mason on it. The cheapest is the Self-sealing jar by Kerr at $40 (youll get half-price for a lost lid.) 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. By the early 1900s, there were hundreds of brands of canning jars (also known as Mason jars), but only a few stood the test of time. (See this mark illustrated in the U listings of he alphabetical bottle mark listings on this site). Fox Terrier shotglass made by Hazel Atlas. Some jars have embossing that is unusually faint (sometimes, all of the embossing, or just one or two letters within a word) and this might be due to accumulated debris (such as remnants of accumulated mold paste) having partially filled the engraving of the lettering on the mold itself at the time the jar was produced. for Mason Jars and Mason Jar Accessories. I want to comment on your message about the unlucky number 13 blue ball mason jars. HERITAGE Thanks for writing! (I compare it to blowing a large bubble gum bubble, partly sucking it in for a split second, and blowing it back out). For those who still preserve, do not use older flat lids to process with. I cant give an exact reason why some are marked with numbers but others are not. Is this accurate? 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. Most home canners would have paid little or no attention to the markings in the first place. That led to the invention of the screw-top mason jar. My brother has ball jars that are hand blown. The glass lid is secured with an iron clamp. The first set of Ball Mason Jars in 1885-1886 had theBall Brothers Glass Manufacturing Companymedallion. I just refrigerated and ate the beans and threw all the lids away. Several off-sizes were also produced, although in much smaller quantities. The new pint jars appear to be. David. This article received 37 testimonials and 94% of readers who voted found it helpful, earning it our reader-approved status. Karen M. Vincents informative article on dating Ball jars: https://www.minnetrista.net/blog/blog/2013/06/27/ball-family-history/how-to-date-a-ball-jar, Bob Clays article with a timeline on How to Date Ball Fruit Jars appears here near the bottom of this page: My Mother in Law unloaded a bunch of treasures at our house. It is very faint blue. A number of error jars are found among the Ball Perfect Masons, including examples found with the embossing missing a letter (or letters), or with a word misspelled, such as PERFFCT, PEPRECT or PEREFCT. 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. O-I mark currently used by O-I (Owens-Illinois, Inc), D inside a circle mark attributed to Degenhart Art Glass, Cambridge Ohio. Mold numbers are generally a number between zero and 15, and theyll sometimes have a letter included as well. At 2$ each Id grab all I could afford. Unfortunately, several years ago a number of newly made reproductions of this type and size began to surface in the United States. 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. Hi I have a Ball jar that dates between 1933 -1962 based on the Ball logo. The Ball Perfect Mason was a brand of glass fruit jar (canning jar) made by the Ball Bros. Glass Manufacturing Company. Triple L WebThe Ball Upside-down Mason jar has two sizes 1.2L (40 ounces) and 1.24L bootleggers design. Knowing my grandma and Mom I believe this to be more the case and the truth. 1/2 Pint, Clear, Lightning Seal, c. Thus, the single digit numbered jars are more commonly found. The base carries a mold number along with the glass manufacturers mark used by Ardagh Group, the maker of the jars. The 63 lid and band were made to be used on product jars so they could be canned in during the war years. Lots of bubbles can be found in some jars even into the 1920s and 30s or later, although the bubbles typically arent nearly as numerous or noticeable in later jars. There are thousands of different jars known and I do not have info on every one. Number of small seeds If the logo is written in cursive lettering, the jar was made after 1895, which is when Ball switched from block letters to cursive. What age, etc? David. Hi Natasha, Common lower-grade glass items such as bottles, fruit jars and insulators were typically made with soda lime glass which doesnt contain lead. Both Ball and Mason are in cursive. Everyone around here broke them, my grandmother remembers her grandfather breaking whole cases of unlucky jars simply cuz they had 13 stamped on the bottom. David. Later on, the Ball manufacturing company added other colors to the design. Condition is always very important. David. Since it is estimated many hundreds of millions of BALL PERFECT MASONs were made over many years, they have relatively low market value in the most common colors, and there is no logical reason why anyone would reproduce them. I have no intention of selling and have no interest in the value. Perhaps a reader can give us some feedback on it! I also found a milk glass Boyds Porcerlain Liner near it. For the lid if you want to preserve it but its too dirty and rusty just gently clean it with water and a soft brush, and then use a sealant product to seal the rust and prevent further corrosion. Just make sure that you know exactly what you have first before you accept any bids from strangers on the internet. The lettering is spelled correctly and the S does NOT look like a Z as mentioned in some of the Asian replicas. I just found 2 Ball jars with measurements on the other side 2 1/2 cup. This may have first shown up around the year 2010 or thereabouts. Any ideas? Hope this helps~ or short half-gallon jars were popular with bootleggers during Prohibition (1920s and early 1930s). That is, unless we are talking about some particular variations of amber jars with strange color shades or some other identification historians would appreciate. Pamela, Im not sure, but I would guess it was meant as a pickle jar or a large-size store display for commemorative or decorative purposes. My mother said they were old and collectible. By 1900, the Hero group produced jams and marmalades in mason jars. Hi! David. It is a pint size clear class, squared with waffle grid and a flat rectangular space on one side. If the logo is written using block letters, the jar was likely made between 1892 and 1896. If so, what sort of lid might I need to find for it? AB (connected) mark on base of light aqua beer bottle with P 11 code, VM (MV) logo on CD 642 Gingerbread Man style insulator made by Verreries de Masnieres. An old mason jar has to be especially old, rare, and special to cost more than that with the most valuable ones usually costing up to $300. Most of the time, all you need to do is look at the logo thats stamped on the glass itself. Ideal: These were made between 1915 and 1962. NOTE: PLEASE be aware that sometimes my replies via direct email are accidentally diverted into recipients' Junk or Spam folders. The ancient mason jars that have been sold for more than $1,000 can literally be counted on the fingers of one hand. Here is a link to an ebay Keyword Search string to find jars that fit that description (although some of the search results will not be relevant) : Chief Mason Jar from 1870 is easy to recognize with The Chief logo on the side with an over imposed Ball Upside Down. This perfect mason jar is easily recognizable by the Masons. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 712,745 times. Hope this helps! Take care, 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. The self-sealing design was messy and stressful. I have several old Ball mason jars , I heard that the blue colored ball jars were unsafe for canning food due to something in the color leaching into the food. NorthglenAntiques (153) $14.99 Please bookmark this site, and I hope you will return often. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Antique Mason Jars Value (Identification & Price Guides), Copper Jello Molds Value (Identification & Price Guides), Antique Rocking Chair Value (Identification & Price Guides). To learn other ways you can date an old Ball mason jar, keep reading! Im using an older version of the accompanying Redbook price guide so I dont have up-to-date information on values. Such jars also have a faulty screw and can go for over $800 on eBay or on yard sales. Have you seen jars with error numbers on the bottom? UPDATE 5/20/2021: Just a note that there are also new BALL PERFECT MASON jars in both the quart and half-pint (8 ounce) sizes available. Mason jars are a symbol for the American how-to spirit and heart of the home. Fenton in an oval ((Fenton Art Glass Company). This will give me more history about. 6 9.) Hope this helps out people. Tiffany, I am under the impression that most of those jars have little additional market value compared to others with the normal orientation. I appreciate it. Julie, 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. Good luck on hearing anything from those corporations. I am assuming you have an older, authentic 1858-type jar, but please be aware there are an increasing number of fake/repro jars on ebay, in unusual colors such as shades of true green, and cobalt blue. The Van Vilet Improved Jar is widely recognized as the most valuable mason jar today as its worth $23,500. 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