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Early Forms 1800-1830 |
1820-1840 Preserve Jar |
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Early Forms 1800-1830 |
1820-1840 Preserve Jar |
Characteristics: Early preserve jars are very crude and may not be mold blown.
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Mid-Century Forms |
1864 Fruit Jar |
1850-1860 Fruit Jar |
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1864 Fruit Jar |
1860-1870s Pickles |
1850-1860 Preserves-pickles |
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1860s Mustard |
1855-1865 Pickles |
1855-1875 Peppersauce |
Characteristics: All mold blown, crudely applied tops pontil bases before 1860. Aqua is the predominate color.
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End of Century Forms |
1870s Wax seal jars |
1880s Pickles |
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1870-1890 Ketchup |
1900 |
1900-1930s Milks |
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1880-1890 Peppersauce |
1886-1900 Globe Fruit Jar |
Characteristics: Clear and aqua the most common colors. Lips will be tooled not usually crude. Body will be fairly regualr may be some bubbles present. Fairly uniform into the 1880-1910 period. Screw top jar lips will be mostly ground.
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Modern Machine Forms |
1920-1930 |
1930 |
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1932 |
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Characteristics: Machine made almost exclusively clear glass. Very uniform after the 1920s. Lips are smooth not ground.
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