Im afraid I dont know a lot about the minor variants of those Grid jars. metal lid, porcelain lined, I should say. Best, Kathy, Hi Kathy, WebCracks in the glass, as well as stains, can reduce the value of the Ball jar. Vintage Antique Green Mason Jar Pint Sized with/Zinc Lid 1900/1910 BALL MASON Canning Fruit Jar Glass Mason Jar- SWEET! Julie, Here is some info I found: In the reference book The Fruit Jar Works, Volume 2 by Alice Creswick (published 1987), there are several not-so-often-seen off-sized BALL PERFECT MASON jars that are lumped together under the jar listing #351. The letter/number on the base is a mold identifier, and doesnt really give us any info on maker or age. Yes, it is pretty common to see embossing on a bottle or jar which is very faint or partly illegible. Hi Charles, I dont know about the date coding system used on the relatively recent Ball jars (or if there was a date coding system). Most myths and legends are based on a kernel of truth, and this may be no exception to the rule. 3 is a mold number. (By the way, for a bit of clarification, the great majority of hand-blown jars and bottles of American make were also produced in a glass factory by skilled glass workers). On the surface, you should be able to pick out each jar based on its unique features. David. Helpful. Is there some other type of seal available? Atterbury EASTLAKE bird mug in pink alabaster or pink clambroth, made circa early to mid-1880s. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for writing! Can you please tell me more about it! The outside top rim measures 2 3/8 across, not counting and threads. I found a 1913-1915 Ball Perfect jar where the perfect is offset. Hope this helps, And, if you have a full basement full of mason jars your grandmother used to use for vinegar, jam, peaches, or her old weird recipe, its not that unlikely that more than one of them has some extra value in the eyes of collectors. My boss told me to research it but I am not finding anything ! This mark has 3 lines outside the diamond, indicating production between 1993-1998. This mason jar from Canada has a beaver image on the front and has a different color than US-made amber jars. 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. Hope this helps! 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. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. What do the numbers on the bottom of the ball jar mean? ISBN-10 : 9990394032. The jar has no embossing on the sides only a K on the bottom and is in excellent shape, no cracks, chips or blemishes. At 2$ each Id grab all I could afford. Today I just found a blue number 13 jar in a basement ,but the number is in Roman numerals. More valuable jars include the amber E-Z Seal jars made around 1910. It may be worth something, but that will be determined by the size, color, age, and top. Here is a picture: https://ibb.co/z6ttmn6, Hi Steven, Common lower-grade glass items such as bottles, fruit jars and insulators were typically made with soda lime glass which doesnt contain lead. The BALL It is a number 7. I doubt thats true, but you never know! Did Ball make glass bottles? 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. If the logo is written using block letters, the jar was likely made between 1892 and 1896. (See the chart farther down on this page). Could you please tell me who to get in contact with? This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. A huge number of MASONS PATENT NOV 30TH 1858 jars were made over many years by over 100 glass companies. 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. We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. 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! Though collectible Mason jars are David, Herb garden it is. Liz, all Ball jars are not necessarily marked with mold numbers. Enjoy access to my private Member Library, including price guides, printables & tutorials.Read my Privacy PolicyHERE. Just at a glance, I can document jars marked 10 A, 7 C and 8 H among a few jars in my own collection. The jar also has MADE IN U.S.A. on lower back end of jar. Care & Cleaning: Dishwasher-Safe. My brother has ball jars that are hand blown. #8 on the bottom. They are being sold along with modern screw bands and lids. The mold mark on the bottom is in Roman numerals, IV which I havent seen before. In general, Ball Perfect Mason variants are listed in the Red Book from #270 to #295-6. ). I have a 3 L Balll Mason quart and the embossing seems very Hand Scribed or Hand written. David. Weve put together this comprehensive guide to help you avoid deception from counterfeiters who create dubs and intend to pass them off as antiques. Later on, the Ball manufacturing company added other colors to the design. 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. David. Information on attribution from page 200 of The Fruit Jar Works Volume 1 by Alice Creswick. Hi Chip, I rarely find one without broken glass all over the place. This particular bottle was made at plant number 7 (Alton, Illinois). Thank you so much for your help. They say perfect mason most have the Keegan, Ball Brothers Glass Company made a wide variety of containers besides their better-known fruit jars. amzn_assoc_asins = "0891453474,077880139X,B014V7RSE8,B00P00ARBW"; This bottle base has 1949 date code to right. Instantly recognizable by avidvintage-lovers, the Nov. 30th 1858 patent dateappears on literally thousands of canning jars produced between1858-1920. Tanya. To be honest I have not paid much attention to those jars, but I believe the letters seen include A through at least H. This seems to be just a variation in the way the molds for that type of jar-making machine were marked. Mason wasnt the only manufacturer to add this patent date to his jars, henceits vast proliferation. Web$2.99 2 Reviews 'Self Sealing' (Square) Pint $2.99 Vintage Kerr 'Self Sealing Trade Mark Reg.' Thanks for taking the time to tell us about your experiences concerning the #13 jars. AMERICAN The rubber from the jar lids deteriorated in the water bath and the jars did not stay sealed. HERITAGE By 1900, the Hero group produced jams and marmalades in mason jars. Perhaps a reader can give us some feedback on it! David. The jar has grips but no measurements. For example, clear and pale jars are very common both now and 150 years ago. 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. The Universal jar is one of the most valuable Mason jars for collectors. 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. Hi . TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS ON THIS SITE ~ COPYRIGHT 2004-2022. There isa definitely noticeable difference in the numbers of #13-marked jars compared to the other numbers they AREsomewhat less common. Enjoy! The Ball Upside-down Mason jar has two sizes 1.2L(40 ounces) and 1.24L bootleggers design. Its likely that White Lightning derived its name from the fact that bootleggers used these jars to store their product. It is underlined with a long loop after the LL. Prices can be very erratic, unpredictable, and one particular jar might sell higher than another for no apparent reason. Since there are no numbers or any other kind of embossing I was hoping you might help me determine the age. Some BALL MASON jars have the third L loop (circa 1900-1910), and others do not, which are assumed to be somewhat later into the early-mid 1910s. ~David. Is it a rare jar? All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. With your knowledge of the types of Antique Mason jars, youve conquered half of the obstacles youll face in identification. A set of molds included numbers above 10 as the higher-numbered molds were typically used as replacements on the machine. Does anyone know when they made that jar? Further research on this jar shows that the Ball logo is post-1962. Take care, I am trying to find a date and value for a green (somewhat light) wax seal canning jar with a K on the bottom. Hi Misty, This is on the base of a small green glass jar, perhaps for an ointment. The embossing looks odd (smooth rounded lettering, shallowly, poorly formed) compared to the authentic, early jars from the 1858-1920 period, and the jars are typically in pristine condition with no base wear or scratching. They have the words MADE IN U.S.A. on the back, and the glass manufacturers mark used by Ardagh Group embossed on the base. Thank you! ALSO: a very similar jar is known, but it has the word BALL placed above the word MASON. Smaller Ball Perfect Mason (Pint?). Old jars are definitely worth Antique Mason jars come in different forms, from Cylindrical to round-cornered squares. Amber Beaver Jar was invented in 1880 and its price today can be up to over $2,000 on an online auction. 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. Thank you, Bryan, its one of the recent repro jars. So, in 1858, John Landis Mason designed the first Mason Jar. one quart and 1 pint with distinctive seams. That said, there may be info out there somewhere that could help with dating. However, one of them in particular has been asked about before, and is described in a comment/post on the Masons Patent Nov 30th 1858 Jars -Summary page. It enabled me to date bottles back to. One of the treasures I stumbled upon was a jar. Improved: There were a few times when Ball produced jars with Improved, including in the 1890s, when the jars were printed with Ball Improved 1858. Later, the jars were produced with the wording Ball Mason Improved between 1900 and 1933. They are also called Ball jars as that was their original brand. Joshua, yes, some jars from the Root Glass Company were acquired and re-tooled. David, Thank you for the background, David, much appreciated! Hi Tim, There are many, many variations of mold numbers on the base of those jars. Im just wondering if this is a valuable flaw before posting for sale. Get ideas & savings directly to your inbox! The lids were all wide mouth. Check for aging marks along the base of the Mason jar. 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) : $10-12.00, Aqua Ball Early American Prescut (EAPC) serving platter made by Anchor Hocking. David. 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. It stands 20 tall and is around 30 round. Square Wide Mouth Pint $7.99 Kerr 'Self Sealing' - U.S. Pat. for Mason Jars and Mason Jar Accessories. I started canning and fell in love with the jars! The bottom of the jar has the mold number A-3 on it. There are probably other variations out there. Many if not most of these jars have at least a few bubbles in them. Since then, (2014) the medium green jars were issued, with the name PERFECTION on them, and the purple jars were issued in 2015, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the IMPROVED jars first issued in 1915. $5.99 0 bids $12.90 shipping 1d 11h (3) Kerr Jelly Glass Vintage Retro 112 Jars $5.99 $15.60 shipping or Best Offer Assessing Atlas Mason Jar Value. The 5.5 c 3.15 x 2.75 jar is thick glass and wired shut at the lid. The base carries a mold number along with the glass manufacturers mark used by Ardagh Group, the maker of the jars. (They are the same, typical Ball Blue or blueish-aqua color seen in most of the originals.) No, that is not true. To obtain a copy of the manufacturer's or supplier's warranty for this item prior to purchasing the item, please call Target Guest Services at It is marked on the bottom with R and two dots. Written across diagonally, the logo says Standard in cursive writing and below it, also diagonally, it has what looks sort of like a banner with the word MASON (all in capital letters) written within the banner. Often there is a cursive BALL logo on the bottom. Hello Bill, JoAnn Moser. $25-30.00, Lightning Registered U.S. Patent Filed Hope this helps, Thank you for this comprehensive information. You can feel it when you circle the base with your fingertips. 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. I am trying to find a zinc lid for this charmer but a regular standard lid is too large. David. 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). To know the various types of mason jars is to take a journey into the history of mason jars. I just purchased one of these today. Many of them have quite lightly-embossed lettering. The main exceptions would be the more modern logos which have often remained in use for multiple decades. #7 on the bottom Original relics were handcrafted, so its unlikely theyd have uniform designs. The Ardagh plant at Winchester, Indiana (where many of the new Ball brand jars are being made) is a former Anchor Glass Container Corporation facility that was acquired by Ardagh. Lead glass was the typical glass used for tableware (such as sugar bowls, spooners, tumblers, wine glasses, vases, mugs etc. ) Please click here to go to my alphabetical mark listings, starting with page one: Glass Bottle Marks. The Buffalo Jar in amber is even rarer; only four are known to exist. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/b\/ba\/Date-Old-Ball-Mason-Jars-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Date-Old-Ball-Mason-Jars-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/b\/ba\/Date-Old-Ball-Mason-Jars-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/aid4914400-v4-728px-Date-Old-Ball-Mason-Jars-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"