Antique amethyst jar, improved mason jar. 1890’s pint size fruit jar

Antique Blue Canning Jar Swayzee's Improved Mason Quart Etsy

Vintage Mason Jar Colors. Mason jars were manufactured in many different colors, including clear, pale blue, yellow, amber, olive and various other greens. (In the early 1900s, people thought darker glass helped prevent food from spoiling as quickly.) The rarest of the jar colors are green and have been known to fetch upwards of $300 per jar.

Antique Blue Canning Jar Swayzee's Improved Mason Jar Quart Early 1900s

The Mason's Improved jar was the first Mason jar that had a glass lid with a metal band, replacing and improving upon the first fully zinc lid. Its inventor was none other than John Landis Mason, a tinsmith who created the original Mason jar in 1858. Unfortunately for Mason, his patent ran out in 1879, after which competing brands created.

North American Glass SWAYZEES IMPROVED MASON Half Gallon GREEN

Size. Antique Mason jars come in different forms, from Cylindrical to round-cornered squares. The four standard sizes are Pint, Half-pint, Quart, and Half-gallon. The Ball Upside-down Mason jar has two sizes - 1.2L (40 ounces) and 1.24L bootleggers' design. The difference in size is because of the prohibition era.

Ball Improved Blue Quart Fruit Jar

They wanted 5$ for the dirty jar. Says: SWAYZEE'S IMPROVED MASON. Bottom: 4. Fruit Jars. See all. BALL 1/2 HALF PINT BLUE MASON Jar ~. $9. Vintage Regular Mouth Zinc Canning. $2. BALL HALF 1/2 PINT BLUE MASON Jar ". $15. Olive Amber Swirled Ball Triple L h. $165. BALL 1/2 HALF PINT BLUE MASON Jar ~. $9. See all. Comments. jarsnstuff.

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Vintage Aqua Swayzee's Improved Mason Jar Quart #22 w/ Ball Zinc Lid. Opens in a new window or tab. Pre-Owned. $19.99. arnierush2009 (1,713) 100%. Buy It Now +$14.00 shipping. Beehive Bubbled glass Swayzee's Improved Mason #36 Qt Canning Jar with Lid $20. Opens in a new window or tab. $12.50.

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In 1858, a 26-year-old Mason patented threaded screw-top jars "such as are intended to be air and water-tight.". The earliest mason jars were made from transparent aqua glass, and are often.

Antique Blue Swayzee's Improved Mason Quart Jar Etsy

Swayzee's Improved Mason Ball Blue Quart Fruit Jar See Pictures (186) $ 24.99. Add to Favorites Swayzee's Improved Mason fruit jar (72) $ 41.97. FREE shipping Add to Favorites Light blue aqua crude quart Swayzees improved mason (20) $ 35.00. Add to Favorites Vintage Swayzees Improved Mason Quart with old zinc lid and rubber seal.

Antique Blue Canning Jar Swayzee's Improved Mason Jar Quart Early 1900s

This Mason's Improved quart jar in amber is unique. The jar has 'MASON'S' embossed in an arch over a straight-line 'IMPROVED' on the face of the jar and 'PATENTED MAY 10 1870' embossed on the bottom. It is hand-blown with a ground lip. The closure is a top seal, straddle lip glass lid with a zinc screw band. The maker is unknown.

Antique Swayzee's Improved Mason Jar

If your Ball Mason jar has a rare color, like olive green, amber, or rose-purple (very rare), it's quite valuable, worth up to $300 or $350!. For example, a clear half-gallon Ball Improved antique jar sold for $82 on eBay. Improved models with rare errors can cost $150 - $250. 4. Ball Perfect Mason Jars (1913 - 1922)

Antique Blue Swayzee's Improved Mason Quart Jar Etsy

Museum example of a pale yellow "Mason's Improved Trademark CFJCo (Monogram)" pint jar. As the Mason jar patents began to expire in the early 1870s, Louis R. Boyd, John L. Mason, and two others formed a corporation to renew the patents and retain control of the Mason fruit jars. Incorporated in December 1871, the Consolidated Fruit Jar.

Antique amethyst jar, improved mason jar. 1890’s pint size fruit jar

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Antique Blue Canning Jar Swayzee's Improved Mason Jar Quart Early 1900s

An Atlas Improved Mason Jar Source: Google. The Atlas Improved Mason Jar is a cylindrical glass jar that is becoming increasingly popular among collectors. It has a threaded lid, as opposed to the previous model, which had a threaded cap and could only store dry materials because it was watertight. The zinc cover on the Improved Mason Jar keeps.

NICE AQUA BALL IMPROVED MASONS PATENT 1858 FRUIT JAR With ZINC LID

Rustic quart size antique Swayzees Improved Mason jar with original zinc lid from the late 1890s. The Swayzee Glass Co. operated in Swayzee, Indiana from 1894 until being acquired by the Ball Corporation in the early 1900s. Bubbles and light scratches add to its vintage appeal. Zinc lid has.

Antique Blue Canning Jar Swayzee's Improved Mason Jar Quart Early 1900s

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VINTAGE ANTIQUE BALL IMPROVED PURPLE PINT CANNING JAR ZINC INSERT

Antique Swayzee's Improved Mason Jar Teal Quart Fruit Jar Blue. Opens in a new window or tab. Pre-Owned. $37.99. kycamper1980 (4,461) 99.7%. or Best Offer +$10.25 shipping. Antique Swayzee's Improved Mason Green Half Gallon Jar #22. Opens in a new window or tab. Pre-Owned. $40.00.

Antique Blue Canning Jar Swayzee's Improved Mason Jar Quart Early 1900s

A Mason jar, also known as a canning jar or fruit jar, is a glass jar used in home canning to preserve food.. Variations of the Mason jar include the "Improved Mason," which sealed on a shoulder above the thread instead of below, and the Atlas Strong Shoulder, with a reinforced shoulder area (as the original design was subject to cracks from.