Glass lid from Ball canning jar
Culinary Caveman:
An idea about the age of a glass Ball canning jar lid. The top of the lid is embossed with Ball NO 10. I'm guessing that this glass lid pre-dates the metal type that are still in use today but I'd really like to know for sure. Any ideas folks? I'd sure appreciate any help or info that y'all can provide. CC
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jere29555:
This might help you out. It is a forum on collecting old jars. Maybe someone there that can help you.
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Out4gold:
Is it clear or white glass?
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Culinary Caveman:
Out4Gold, The lid is clear glass
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Out4gold:
The clear ones Ball and Kerr are the most common. In use up to WWII.
Sorry about letting you down on any value.
The white "Milk glass" ones are the ones that have been in use since
the 19th century.
Often the white ones are within a Zinc lid with a natural rubber seal.
We dig them up at the dump dig site "clear and white ones" with regular frequency.
Most often the clear ones are left for others to pick through if they want them.
The white ones, depending on their rarity and some are rare, I keep.
I do have a few of the clear ones but I don't collect them.
I don't have any names other than the Perfect, Ball and Kerr mason in mind but I know there are other names embossed on them.
I'll see about digging out some out of storage and posting some names
and approximate dates of the makers so you can have a reference.
I give some to a friend who uses them in a decorative manner as part of her stain glass art.
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Culinary Caveman:
Thanks Out4gold, I didn't know if this lid was rare or not, though I'd never seen one before. I really don't even care about a value for it as it is a treasure to me as it's the only one I've found. Thanks again Out4gold, I'm happy to know at least a little bit about it.
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Bugar:
Alla that Ball and Kerr stuff came from around here, as the Ball family lived around here (Muncie Indiana), they had a factory made that stuff, they big in aerospace stuff now, and Kerr is gone as far as I know, the ball family, =Ball State University, Ball Memorial Hospital, Ball Aerospace in Colorado, other stuff, Kerr factory bout 5 mi away settin Empty, guess they folded their blanket and went broke, but lordy, the ground round here full of the Ball Jar lids, BUNCHES of em, the was in their heyday till mid 40's, think they was goin in late 1800's, they still makin and sellin jars everwhere, that's all I can come up with [wise]
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Culinary Caveman:
Thanks, Bugar. Kind of interseting how far some of this stuff travels.
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Out4gold:
Quote:Posted by Culinary CavemanThanks, Bugar. Kind of interseting how far some of this stuff travels.
The Ball Mfg. distributed this particular article world wide.
I'm pretty sure they made it to Europe, it would be appreciated
if someone over there would jump in on this subject to confirm this assumption.
As far as it being treasure, the old addive...............
another man's trash and so on......holds true in so many instances.
This is one of those instances.
Keep looking you should find more eventually.
Have a good day Culinary Caveman.
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Culinary Caveman:
Thanks again Out4gold. I went out yesterday for an hour in my garden w/ my MD and found a piece of horse harness, and a 1949 wheatie, my first detector finds, but I didn't get a chance to visit the old homesite. I'm really starting to enjoy this hobby!
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