Ball Mason Jars Price Guide

Jars may be standard or wide mouthed and were once made in a variety of colors although modern mason jars are manufactured using clear glass.

Ball mason jars price guide. Ball jar collectors look for closure types embossing script styles and patent types to date and find the most valuable collectibles. This chart shows how the label for the ball jar company which started producing mason jars in 1885 has changed over time. 1920 hazel atlas company 1902 1964 10 12 00. Aqua atlas strong shoulder mason quart bead or ledge seal c.

Antique vintage canning jar price guide adirondack girl heart. Welcome to the official website for red book no. 12 offers many needed updates hundreds of new additions and revisions. The company started making mason jars back in 1880 and many.

If you have a jar with one of the older logos it will likely be worth. Learn about values with this vintage canning jar price guide including manufacturers dates and prices. 30th 1858 quart shoulder seal c. The collector s ultimate guide to canning jars.

Antique mason canning jars. My own mother canned everything from mint jelly to beans to peaches in syrup. So if you live in any of these countries and want a good reference book for this glassware a collector s guide to ball jars is for you also. A hundred and fifty years ago these jars meant survival authenticity repurposed in a mason jar ny times.

As a very necessary tool in the kitchen the canning jar helped many families make use of harvests well into winter and beyond. These vintage mason jars from the 1840s to the 1920s are the staple of retro country charm. This is a price guide. Ball mason jars are a type of home canning jar made by the ball corporation.

Highly collectible ball jars include the pre 1886 buffalo jars made in buffalo mason jars with the 1858 patent embossed on them and the pre 1910 jars with ball improved mason or ball standard embossed on them. There are many ways to date old ball mason jars and one of the easiest is to look at the logo. Issued only from 1900 to 1910 this jar could double as a dispenser for a coffee grinder. 12 the collector s guide to old fruit jars.

Mason canning jars come in a variety of sizes from the large half gallon size to the tiny one cup size. By the early 1900 s the fruit jars were dominant in america but were also exported to europe south africa and australia. Antique atlas canning jar. While some food preservation is still done in pottery crocks glass jars largely replaced stoneware starting in.

Aqua mason s patent quart shoulder seal c 1875 1900 number of small seeds 15 18 00. Ball mason jars are a type of home canning jar made by the ball corporation. Small pictures in both black and white and color are interspersed with bits of. The quart size mason jar is the most common but the pint sized jar is popular as well.

The famous jars were used by many a wife and mother to can and preserve food.