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


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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.


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

This beautiful jar was produced from the late 1920's through the 1930's in Canada. In fact, Gem Jars were only ever manufactured in Canada. Our entire pantry is Improved Gem jars with Glass Tops and we couldn't love it more! Totally functional, you can use these jars for airtight food storage in the fridge, freezer, on


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

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

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 Swayzee's Improved Mason Jar

The new firm announced plans for the erection of a 20-pot glass factory in Swayzee, Indiana, on West Marks St. (just west of 3rd St.) in April 1894. The company was known as the the Swayzee Glass Co., and it was originally intended to manufacture prescription ware. The company was incorporated on September 3, 1895, with a capital of $50,000.


Improved Gem ( wide ) 23 Mason Jars, Addiction, Gem, Wide, Mason Jar

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.


North American Glass SWAYZEES IMPROVED MASON Half Gallon GREEN

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 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.


RESERVED for PATTI Vintage Aqua Atlas Improved Mason Jar Quart Etsy

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.


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.


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

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

1 Purple Glass Improved Mason Jar Regular MOuth + Lid & Band PINT Size - 16 oz 5 1/4" tall American Heritage Collection Limited Edition BALL (423) $ 43.11. Add to Favorites Antique Aqua Blue Glass Atlas Mason Improved PAT'D One Quart Size Mason Jar With Glass Bubble Imperfections Glass Lid Canning Jar.


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

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.


A personal favorite from my Etsy shop

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.


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.


Ball Improved Blue Quart Fruit Jar

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.