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jkrjlr

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Old Canning Jars and bottles
« on: June 29, 2013, 02:50:36 pm »
I came across another really neat find today... I found some Ball ideal, perfect seal, lightening, atlas, and queen canning jars as well as some really cool gallon jugs. My question is how on earth do I find out date of manufacture, the ball jars are all numbered as well as some of the others. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will upload pictures momentarily.
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2013, 03:54:34 pm »
Try this for Ball
http://home.earthlink.net/~raclay/DatingBalljars.HTML

As for the Queen, Smalley Kivlan, you will need to look at ongoing prices.

http://www.food.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=353498

« Last Edit: June 29, 2013, 03:56:28 pm by KC »
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2013, 03:59:21 pm »
Don't forget that many of these have been reproduced !! And they have all the bubbles as well as imperfect glass !!
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2013, 04:46:42 pm »
coming in late to this but i am in shock-you mean these ball pieces I have been buying could be repro's? 

Thanks Mart for that link
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2013, 05:06:07 pm »
Not me !!  KC !!
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2013, 05:09:38 pm »
apologies to kc

you enlightened me and I thank you

was so shocked i didn't read properly. 

Is there anything anymore you can just pick up and know it is what it is
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2013, 07:29:11 pm »
Not many !! Just need to know the difference !!  We have a really large flea market here in Texas called First Monday Trade Days at Canton Texas !!  Walk through and there are more repros than you can believe !!  There are a few that still sell the good stuff but when you go there,, you had better know what your doing !!  Many dealers have the repro`s mixed in with a few of the older pieces !!  Gets people mixed up and makes it hard to know the good from made yesterday !!  Or at least that's the way it was last time I went there !!
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2013, 07:39:06 pm »
circa 1923-1933?!?!
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2013, 07:39:52 pm »
Circa 1933-1960?!?!
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2013, 07:41:00 pm »
Atlas canning jars circa?!?!
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2013, 07:42:27 pm »
Bluish colored Ball circa 1923-1933
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2013, 07:43:57 pm »
Lightening circa?!?! plus any additional info I cannot find anything :(
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2013, 07:48:46 pm »
Queen circa?!?! plus any other info ;)
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2013, 07:50:42 pm »
Last set is the perfect Seal any info?!?! I am terribly sorry for all of the posts but it wouldn't allow me to do it any other way :/
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Re: Old Canning Jars and bottles
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2013, 07:52:09 pm »
Quote from: mart on June 29, 2013, 03:59:21 pm
Don't forget that many of these have been reproduced !! And they have all the bubbles as well as imperfect glass !!

How do you tell if they are reproductions?!?!
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