Ball Canning Jar Markings
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Ball canning jar markings. This ball mason jar is the result of a molding error where the logo and name were stamped on upside down. This unmarked mid 1800s model featured cork which did little to preserve its contents. The unique topper makes it of note today. Ball bros was based in muncie indiana.
See this page on ball perfect mason jars. Get the best deals on collectible jars 1900 now. According to one expert only about a dozen jars like this exist in the world making. Canning jars manufactured by ball and kerr however are still called mason jars.
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Glass jars with this embossed marking was the most popular jar for home canning ever produced in the united states. Issued only from 1900 to 1910 this jar could double as a dispenser for a coffee grinder. Ball mason jars are a type of home canning jar made by the ball corporation. The short production window gives it considerable cache.
Green purple or amber hue to the glass which makes them easily identifiable as antiques. The earliest ball jars which were hand blown are easy to identify because the bottom of the jar will have a mark called a pontil scar. The ball perfect mason was a brand of glass fruit jar canning jar made by the ball bros. The atlas e z seal atlas h over a mason and the atlas strong shoulder mason.
Only a few types of atlas jars are collectible. See ball brothers glass company page for a brief summary of that glass company. Ball was the best known fruit jar canning jar manufacturer in the world but also made a huge variety of other glass containers for the packaging industry during it s long history. John mason patented the canning jar in 1858 and the ball brothers patented their own design in the 1880s.
This comes from the point where a metal rod was attached to the bottom of the jar for cooling while the blowing rod was broken away from the mouth of the jar after it was formed.