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<blockquote data-quote="NomDeBoom" data-source="post: 3863786" data-attributes="member: 50898"><p>In spite of me not being a devout 'Jar-Head', I still have managed to scrape up several dozen old Masons.</p><p>Some were from our family's farms & others, I assume are from other's family farms ;-] </p><p>Many date back to the 1890-1910 time range.</p><p> Some of the more interesting ones are made of crockery, but still have the screw on zinc lids.</p><p>I have quite a few old Half Gallon 'Slope Shouldered' jars of that era (also w/ zinc lids)- & ALL </p><p>are clearly marked as being made by Ball, Atlas, Drey, ...etc. EXCEPT one jar that is completely</p><p>unmarked- no letters/numbers on it at all. Does anyone have a clue who made this jar, or why </p><p>it's 'plain'? </p><p> It's kinda hard to identify w/ no identifying marks at all. Maybe it was made for the secret</p><p>underground, Spanish-American Wartime canning jar 'Black Mkt.'to feed Cuban mercenaries</p><p> that 'didn't exist'? ;-}</p><p>Or maybe a large glass manufacturer just had a 'Value Line' of nondescript jars? Seems I heard</p><p>that somewhere....maybe.</p><p> I also have a lot of other old bottles, jars, crockery & other containers that are interesting to </p><p>study & use to store smaller collectibles, modern kitchen ingredients, bathroom items ...etc .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NomDeBoom, post: 3863786, member: 50898"] In spite of me not being a devout 'Jar-Head', I still have managed to scrape up several dozen old Masons. Some were from our family's farms & others, I assume are from other's family farms ;-] Many date back to the 1890-1910 time range. Some of the more interesting ones are made of crockery, but still have the screw on zinc lids. I have quite a few old Half Gallon 'Slope Shouldered' jars of that era (also w/ zinc lids)- & ALL are clearly marked as being made by Ball, Atlas, Drey, ...etc. EXCEPT one jar that is completely unmarked- no letters/numbers on it at all. Does anyone have a clue who made this jar, or why it's 'plain'? It's kinda hard to identify w/ no identifying marks at all. Maybe it was made for the secret underground, Spanish-American Wartime canning jar 'Black Mkt.'to feed Cuban mercenaries that 'didn't exist'? ;-} Or maybe a large glass manufacturer just had a 'Value Line' of nondescript jars? Seems I heard that somewhere....maybe. I also have a lot of other old bottles, jars, crockery & other containers that are interesting to study & use to store smaller collectibles, modern kitchen ingredients, bathroom items ...etc . [/QUOTE]
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