FOODS & CANNING JARS
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GLOBE
half gallon canning jar - I believe that of the three main sizes of amber
Globe canning jars, the pint is the scarcest and the quart the most common.
This is the half gallon example which lies in between on the "rarity" scale.
Although Globe jars come in an array of colors, the amber ones are most often
seen in the golden yellow color of the two currently for sale here. Since
it gives the Globe story here is a link to the write-up I have on these jars
from my
Historic Bottle Website:
One of the most common of the lever type jars - and the only one discussed here - were the cam lever and lid closured Globe canning jars since most other lever based closure jars are uncommon. One exception were the Safety Valve jars which utilized a very different looking (from the Globe) cam lever type closure patented in 1895 and experienced some longevity from patenting (mouth-blown) into the machine-made era until about 1930 (Toulouse 1969a; Creswick 1987).
It was not until the introduction of the Globe jar around 1886 that a popular lever (cam lever & lid) type jar caught on some with the canning public. This is not surprising given the competition from other designs, and in particular, the plethora of likely cheaper and (arguably) more simple and effective Mason closure jars. The Globe jar closure utilized a glass lid with a hemispherical seat that matched up to a rounded cam on the end of the short lever which was attached to a moveable metal bail. Swinging the bail over the center of lid, a user pressed down on the lever handle which applied pressure to the lid sealing it against a rubber gasket that sat on the ledge below the rim (see image below with the lid removed though with no gasket is in place). The patent for this closure was issued to Robert Hemingray on May 25th, 1886 for a "Fastener for Jar Tops." The patent date is embossed on the top of the Globe jar lids (image to the right). Click Patent #342,602 to view the Hemingray patent which illustrates and describes the Globe closure.
A large majority of Globe jars are mouth-blown in post-bottom molds (various mold numbers on the bases), have ground rims, and unlike most mouth-blown jars do exhibit evidence of mold air venting with a single bump on both the front and back shoulders of examples examined by the author. Machine-made (smooth rim) Globe jars are known to exist but are rare; fairly strong evidence indicating that Globe jars were not likely produced after the early to mid-1910s, although the actual end of production is unknown (Leybourne 2001). The jars were made by the Hemingray Glass Company of Covington, KY (and other locations); closure inventor Robert Hemingray being one of the Hemingray Brothers who owned the company and which was better known for producing the very familiar Hemingray insulators. Apparently they produced a lot of Globe jars given the frequent occurrence of mouth-blown examples of these jars today. The jars were made in an assortment of colors from colorless to various shades and intensities of green and amber to even black glass, though aqua and amber are by far the most commonly encountered colors (Leybourne 2001; empirical observations).
The base of this jar is embossed with a crude "4" in the center with an even cruder backwards "S" below it. The GLOBE is well embossed on the side, the color is close to yellow in the body with more of a golden yellow in the thicker glass parts above the metal neck collar and through the base. Condition of this jar itself is about mint with no chips, cracks or other issues besides some very faint wisps of content staining on a bit of the body inside. As the close-up image above shows the ground rim is as perfect as they get and the body has some scattered seed bubbles; the lid is also perfect with no edge chips at all. The bail is intact, fully functional and has the typical light coating of rust. Overall a nice light example! $150
GLOBE
quart canning jar - Here is the more commonly encountered amber quart size
although this is a particularly nice, crude example of a jar that often lacks
much crudeness in my experience. This example has very nice whittling
throughout the body although it doesn't show too well in the image; also some
nice bubbles here and there. In addition, the base and edge of the heel
have several areas of crudeness where left over glass from the jar before
adhered to this example creating a very crude effect to the portion of the base
towards the embossing side. This is somewhat visible in the image to the
right (click to enlarge) which are NOT cracks or damage. A close up of the
base showing this unusual crudeness - which is rough to the touch but not
damage - and the numbers embossed in the center ("77") is available by clicking
here: base view. This
also shows the "yellow-ness" of this jar a bit better, though in real life the
color is between the base view "yellow" and the view to the right which is more
golden yellow. The back shoulder of the jar also has a
cluster of 7 "peen"
marks (in two different sizes) where some repair was apparently done to the
mold. All in all this jar is unique in many crude ways and again, unusual
for a jar that is usually quite neatly made. Otherwise the jar is near
mint with about as perfect of a ground rim as one sees; click the rim image
above. The lid is also about perfect with just the slightest roughness to
the lower edge which is all in making and can't really be seen - just felt. The
bail is intact, fully functional and has the typical light coating of rust; the
GLOBE embossing is pretty bold. If you like crude jars, this is the one
for you. $125
Two for one price! Both jars for sale above are pictured to the left together. They show the colors as almost identical, though in real life the quart is a bit more yellow to my eye. If interested in the pair take them both for...$250
SWIRLED
PEPPER SAUCES - I can't think of any other bottles that are more beautiful
for the price than these spiral/swirled body peppersauce bottles! This set
of three includes a vibrant emerald green example (far right) along with a deep
blue green (far left) and very light blue green/very deep aquamarine (middle)
examples. All are
approximately 8" tall, smooth base with the embossing S. & P. / PAT. APP. FOR., American ca. 1890's. The S.
& P. stands for Stickney & Poor of Boston, Mass. an important
"food" company of the 19th century. These sauce bottles were
acquired to illustrate the food bottles section of my
Historic Bottle Website. Here is a portion of the write-up from
that website which more fully describes these:
The pictured bottles... are embossed with S & P. PAT. APP. FOR on the base. The S. & P. is for Stickney & Poor, a very successful Boston producer of "Mustards, Spices, Extracts, &c." during most of the 19th century and apparently into the 20th (Zumwalt 1980). These bottles have tooled double ring finishes (with the upper portion distinctly larger than the lower portion) and were blown in a cup-base mold which likely had air venting (although evidence of air venting is lost in the heavily decorated body styling) - all attributes indicating manufacture between the 1880s and early 1910s. These bottles were neck labeled since labels could not adhere well to the lumpy body; click Stickney & Poor label to see an image of part of the neck label noting the company name...
These examples are in essentially mint condition with no stains, cracks, chips, or any significant post-manufacturing problems. The only thing I can see is that the deeper blue green one has a couple very tiny "fleabites" ("pin pricks") on one edge of the base and a couple very faint wisps of haze inside. If these aren't the best looking window bottles you can imagine (for the price) I don't know what would be. Not much more to say about it...just look at the picture. $145
SUNFLOWER
/ DAIRY / ASTORIA, OREGON - A nice Astoria, Oregon half pint orange ACL
(Applied Color Label/Lettering) milk or cream bottle that has the following on
the reverse (Health
& Energy IN EVERY GLASS) with a 30s/40s dressed gal (looks kind of like
Little Orphan Annie without the empty eyes) firmly holding a milk bottle.
The
base is embossed with the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. makers mark that
vaguely resembles the ringed planet Saturn (also called the "diamond O-I" mark)
and indicates manufacture at plant #22 (Tracy, CA.) in 1944 most likely ("4"
date code and the DURAGLAS embossing). There is also a nice valve
mark on the base indicating manufacture by a press-and-blow machine - the
typical type machine used for milk bottle (and fruit jar) production from the
early 1900s until at least the 1950s. This little bottle is perfectly mint
to my eye with no wear or chipping of the ACL and
includes the cap for the same dairy. This bottle was purchased to
illustrate the milk bottle section of the
Historic Bottle Website
and it is time to pass it on to someone else.
$20
Queen
Olives XXX Francis H. Leggett & Co. - This tall olive bottle is product
labeled indicating it contained "Queen Olives" and was used by the Francis H.
Leggett & Co. (New York). The label is about 95%+ intact, the base is
embossed as described below, 11.25" tall, clear glass, tooled one-part finish,
and from the late 19th century. This bottle was also acquired to
illustrate the food bottles section of the
Historic Bottle Website and like the bottle above, came from a large
collection of labeled food bottles. Here is the write-up from that website
which more fully describes this interesting bottle:
The company began business in 1870 and also continued until at least 1980 (Zumwalt 1980). The base has the embossing F. H. L. & CO. / N. Y. for the F. H. Leggett Co. and is an example of base embossing that without the label would be hard to determine otherwise; it could also possibly be construed as a bottle makers marking. This bottle has a tooled one-part finish, was blown in a post base mold with no obvious evidence of mold air venting, and is somewhat crudely made (e.g., bubbles in the glass, stretch marks on the shoulder/neck, wavy glass). These diagnostic features would indicate a probable manufacturing date between the mid to late-1880s to mid to late-1890s. However, this bottle design with the ribbed lower body was patented by Leggett on February 26th, 1889 giving a good begin date for this particular style. Other examples of these tall bottles have the actual patent date embossed on the base (Caniff 1997). Click Leggett patent 1889 to see that patent. Click on the following links to view more images of this bottle: base view (embossing is minimally visible); close-up of the neck and tooled finish showing the tooled one-part finish.
Yet another mint food bottle with a great label. $25
PRIMROSE
/ REGISTERED (in a banner) / BRAND / WESTERN MEAT COMPANY - This is one
of those odd bottles that looks like one thing - an early 20th century liquor
bottle - but was actually something quite different - salad oil!
Actually, this shape was commonly used for both oil and liquor during the first
couple decades of the 20th century - at least in the West which is where this
bottle comes from. It is 11" tall, aqua in color, with a tooled
finish...it is essentially mint with now staining, chips, cracks or other
post-production damage only a few light scuffs here and there. This bottle
was also acquired to illustrate the food bottles section of the
Historic Bottle Website. Here is the write-up from that website
which more fully describes this interesting bottle:
The pictured bottle above is embossed vertically with PRIMROSE / REGISTERED / BRAND / WESTERN MEAT COMPANY. This is known to be a salad dressing bottle as other variants are embossed with PRIMROSE SALAD OIL (Zumwalt 1980). Like its liquor bottle relatives, this salad oil bottle was blown in a cup base mold, has a tooled brandy finish, and plentiful air venting marks on the shoulders, body edges, and integrated within the embossing; it almost certainly dates from between 1905 and 1920. Click on the following links for more images of this bottle: base view showing the cup base mold conformation (base is 2.9" square); close-up of the shoulder, neck and finish. The Western Meat Company began business around 1895 and was located in Chicago but had several packing houses in California (Zumwalt 1980). It's president was Gustavus Swift and the company was (or became) part of Swift & Company - still one of the largest meat processing and food companies in the world (source: www.swiftbrands.com). Swift & Co. also used a similar aqua glass bottle that is embossed with MONOGRAM SALAD OIL / SWIFT & CO. / U.S.A. (Zumwalt 1980).
That about tells the story. Bottle also has some crudeness in the form of bubbles in the glass and a small but interesting ripple mark at the back corner - a byproduct of the hand manufacturing. $15
TRADE
MARK / LIGHTNING - That is embossed (moderately bold) on the body of
this impressively large (over 10" tall and 4.25" in diameter) half gallon jar.
Colored Lightning jars are a popular-with-collector item since they come in a
run of very interesting colors including many shades of amber like this offered
example. This jar was acquired to illustrate the food bottles section of
the
Historic Bottle Website; the history of these innovative jars is
available on my other website at this link:
Lightning canning jar. The amber jars are somewhat abundant though
quite popular with the pint being the rarest with these half gallons being much
rarer than the quarts. The base is embossed with PUTNAM and the
mold number 156; click base
view to see such. The base also has - as the image shows - some
flat, blotchy glass markings which was the result of the glass blower slopping
glass fragments into the mold bottom and not cleaning them out... an interesting
crudeness seen with hand-made production item. This jar is a light-ish
medium golden amber color with a bit of orange to it; the full view image shows
the color accurately to my eye. Condition is near mint as with most
of these jars (which were rarely tossed and buried unless broken). The
minor condition exceptions follow: some minor scratching/scuffing to the body,
ample base wear (where it should be), some rusting/pitting to the wire bail (but
quite solid and totally intact); and a small flake to the underside of the color
matching glass lid which is visible in the enlarged image showing the lid (lid
has the usual patent dates embossed on it). The ground rim is essentially
perfect and better than average as it has very little evidence of grinding
flaking. Nice jar with some body crudeness and bubbles.
$120
GLOBE
canning jar - A familiar jar in a nice color and rare size - the pint, which is
much rarer (at least in amber) than either the quart or half gallon I believe.
This jar is about 7" tall from heel to the top of the cam lever mechanism.
The glass is a light-ish golden orange amber color that is very esthetic, though
not an unusual color for these great looking jars. The glass also has a
bit of whittle and an even smattering of tiny seed bubbles which are visible in
the enlarged image. It also has essentially a perfect ground rim - or as
perfect as a ground rim can be pretty much with just some typical tiny
"chipping." Click Globe pint base
to view an image of this jars base along with the top view of the lid.
Here is a link to the write-up I have on Globe jars from my
Historic Bottle Website:
One of the most common of the lever type jars - and the only one discussed here - were the cam lever and lid closured Globe canning jars since most other lever based closure jars are uncommon. One exception were the Safety Valve jars which utilized a very different looking (from the Globe) cam lever type closure patented in 1895 and experienced some longevity from patenting (mouth-blown) into the machine-made era until about 1930 (Toulouse 1969a; Creswick 1987).
It was not until the introduction of the Globe jar around 1886 that a popular lever (cam lever & lid) type jar caught on some with the canning public. This is not surprising given the competition from other designs, and in particular, the plethora of likely cheaper and (arguably) more simple and effective Mason closure jars. The Globe jar closure utilized a glass lid with a hemispherical seat that matched up to a rounded cam on the end of the short lever which was attached to a moveable metal bail. Swinging the bail over the center of lid, a user pressed down on the lever handle which applied pressure to the lid sealing it against a rubber gasket that sat on the ledge below the rim (see image below with the lid removed though with no gasket is in place). The patent for this closure was issued to Robert Hemingray on May 25th, 1886 for a "Fastener for Jar Tops." The patent date is embossed on the top of the Globe jar lids (image to the right). Click Patent #342,602 to view the Hemingray patent which illustrates and describes the Globe closure.
A large majority of Globe jars are mouth-blown in post-bottom molds (various mold numbers on the bases), have ground rims, and unlike most mouth-blown jars do exhibit evidence of mold air venting with a single bump on both the front and back shoulders of examples examined by the author. Machine-made (smooth rim) Globe jars are known to exist but are rare; fairly strong evidence indicating that Globe jars were not likely produced after the early to mid-1910s, although the actual end of production is unknown (Leybourne 2001). The jars were made by the Hemingray Glass Company of Covington, KY (and other locations); closure inventor Robert Hemingray being one of the Hemingray Brothers who owned the company and which was better known for producing the very familiar Hemingray insulators. Apparently they produced a lot of Globe jars given the frequent occurrence of mouth-blown examples of these jars today. The jars were made in an assortment of colors from colorless to various shades and intensities of green and amber to even black glass, though aqua and amber are by far the most commonly encountered colors (Leybourne 2001; empirical observations).
Condition of this jar itself is about mint with no chips, cracks or other post-manufacturing damage, though it does have some wisps of very light content haze on the inside on the reverse; very hard to see. The color matching glass lid (with the usual patent 1886 date embossed boldly) is about perfect with just one tiny "flea bite" on the outside edge. The metal bail portions are in great condition with minimal rust. Excellent jar that would compliment any collection (or window). SOLD!
SAN
FRANCISCO / GLASS WORKS - Quart fruit jar. Here is a rare
and desirable Western made wax sealer fruit jar dating from the 1870s. The
glass is a classic "SFGW" bluish aqua, 7 1/2" tall, with applied (pressed on
ring) wax seal type finish. It has the classic SFGW "curved R's" which
were apparently a stylistic trade mark of a particular mold cutter working for
the SFGW and later for the SF&PGW. Click
HERE for a close-up of
the embossing. There is also the usual blanked out plate curving above the
San Francisco where the "Cutting & Co" (I think that is right) embossing was
removed from the original configuration of the mold. After this mold was
used for the SFGW jars, all this embossing was blanked or "slugged" out in order
to make the "M. Seller & Co. / Portland, O." fruit jar in the early
1880s most likely (talk about recycling!). The glass is crude, whittled,
and bubbly and the wax seal lip is crudely applied...the way we like them.
The jar is largely mint though has/had a very small chip on the outer edge of the lip
which has been repaired quite well, though the epoxy/resin does have a slight
yellowish cast to it upon very close inspection. This repair was
reportedly (from the seller I acquired it from) done by Marty Hall who is well
known in the West for quality work. The repair appears to be only about 1/2" + or - long
and very shallow (<1/4"
deep) and something I wouldn't have bothered to have done. Click
HERE to see a close-up of
the repair on the lip which is pointed out with an arrow. There is also
some neat crudeness to the inner ring just inside the repair which is not a
chip, but totally in-making. Bottle used for and pictured on the
Historic Bottle Website.
A very nice jar which makes it easy
to see why someone did take the trouble to repair the small chip - "damage" that
is very minimal but enough to lower the price by several hundreds. SOLD!
PATENT
/ SEPT. 18. 1860 - This quart jar is listed in "The Redbook" as #2295
and is a very nice and unusual mid-19th century canning jar. It is
embossed with PATENT / SEPT.
18, 1860 and is referred to as the "Hemingray jar" as Robert Hemingray -
of Hemingray Brothers & Co. glass manufacturers (Covington, KY.
1862-1882) - was the holder of the patent for this jar mold and part owner
of the company that produced it. The jar is just over 7" tall, a
nice deeper blue aqua glass with some whittle and crudeness, has a ground surface or
rim to the groove ring type finish (click
lip/finish close-up to see
such), smooth base, and dates from the 1860s. The Redbook (#9) notes that
this lip/finish was formed by "...downward pressure on the blowpipe while
(the jar) was still hot from the mold." Although some of the early
groove ring type finishes were formed that way, according to the original patent
description the Hemingray jar groove ring type lip/finish was actually
mechanically formed by the moveable upper portions of this unique patented mold,
not by the glass blower (i.e., "gaffer") pushing down with the blowpipe as
described in the Redbook. Click
R. Hemingray patent #30,063 to view the original 1860 patent.
Condition of this jar is essentially perfectly mint - I can find nothing wrong
with it beside the typical and very tiny grinding roughness to the rim of the
lip (also essentially perfect); no chips, staining, wear, or anything
detrimental. Great jar (ex-Greg Spurgeon item) and about as nice as these
come. This jar was also acquired to illustrate the food bottles section of
the
Historic Bottle Website. SOLD!
GLOBE jars - Quart &
Pint - Here is a nice pair of by the typically "gold" colored GLOBE
canning jars that are being sold together for reasons noted below. (I
wonder if that is where the Golden Globe awards came from?) Anyway, these
jars have small cracks in areas just above the closure neck band.
Specifically, the quart jar (number "70" on base) has an
approximate 1+" crack its left side (looking straight at the jar) just above the
closure band with some of it hidden by the band; click
quart jar to see a
close-up of this jar showing the short crack (pointed out) just above the
metal neck band. The pint jar (number "23" on the base) has
about a 1.5" crack near the top of the ground finish on the right side; click
pint jar to see this jars issue
with the crack pointed out. (I've had these jars for some years, kept in a
room that has can get quite cool, and the cracks have not altered at all
indicating they are quite stable.) The minor damage on both jars is away
from the embossing side (both are on the side mold seam side) and does not show
on display. Otherwise these are pretty nice jars with minimal flaking to
the ground finishes and no other cracks, chips, or other damage; both lids are
about perfect with just a fleabite or two on the inside lower surface and the
closures have some variable rust and pitting, but are quite solid and in good
shape. These are great looking jars that would be priced at around $250
for the pair (and were sold to me as "perfect" alas). Interestingly enough
(to me anyway), the GLOBE on the pint is slightly larger than the embossing on
the larger quart jar as can be seen in the image. Anyway, my loss is your
gain as the pair is priced right. SOLD!
TRADE
MARK / LIGHTNING - Here is a quart version of the above type jar but in
a nice - and rarer- deep reddish amber coloration that still passes the light
well. The color is compared against a
yellow amber example (which is not for sale at this time) or you can compare it
to the half gallon above which was taken with the same lighting and photo set-up. The color
matching lid is embossed with LIGHTNING and PATD. 82 (there may be
embossing in between but it is not visible); the base is embossed with PUTNAM
/ 840. The glass is unstained (never buried) but does have a
few minor scratches and scuffs, has some light whittle to the lower half, a few
bubbles here and there, and a nice overall look. The ground rim is in good shape with
one very tiny pin-head grinding peck and a larger, though very shallow, flake which
is an in-making one that was a function of the blowpipe cracking-off process and
the grinding boy (pre-child labor laws) not grinding the rim down far enough to eradicate
it completely; neither of these small flakes is related to post-production
damage. Click
rim and lid close-up to
see such. The lid is perfect and the bail is in good mechanical shape with a
combination of rusty surface and some original black paint. Nice jar in
near mint condition and one that will compliment your color "run" of
Lightning quarts. SOLD!
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