| What do you collect? | Clothing + Fashion | Jewelry + Watches | Pottery + Glass | Furniture + Home | Art + Photos | Music + Movies | Toys + Games | Sports | Coins + Stamps | Paper + Books | Ads + Signs | Autos + Transport | Eras + Decades | All » |
For much of the 19th Century canning was a difficult chore, especially the challenge of getting jars shut with sealing wax and unreliable, crudely cut tin lids. Then in 1858 John Mason of New York invented his revolutionary fruit jar, made by a machine that could cut threads in the lid, rendering them not just reusable but more effective. In 1915 the Kerr jar we know today was introduced, featuring a metal lid under a threaded lid, allowing less moisture to escape.
My maternal grandfather and uncle got into bottles in about 1965 or ‘66 when I was in high school, and we started d… [more]
One of the most common fruit jars ever produced is the lowly Ball jar. Historical figures show that from between Se… [more]
In 1978, I found a snuff bottle and didn’t know what it was. It intrigued me, so I bought it. Then I found some boo… [more]
Bill Lindsey's fantastic bottle identification and information site. Loaded with detailed descriptions and diagrams… [read review or visit site]
Ed and Mark Runyon's wonderful guide to the antique bottles of Cape May County, New Jersey is a great site for anyo… [read review or visit site]
There's a ton of information here, but as with bottles, you have to dig to find the best stuff. Start with the famo… [read review or visit site]
This great site, from British diggers Darren Gray and Jeremy Kemp, is rich in information about hunting for antique… [read review or visit site]
Assembled by Gunther Rademacher with the help of several other contributors, this collection of over half a million… [read review or visit site]
Norbert Lamping's collection of 600+ ceramic bottle stoppers, Hutter stoppers, swingtops, swivel stoppers, and ligh… [read review or visit site]
Lather up with Creighton Friceks complete chronology of collectible Old Spice shaving products. Start with the bott… [read review or visit site]
Got a site to suggest? Let us know.
Are we missing one? Tell us.
Source: Google News
The next time you're in a liquor store, look for legal white dog sold in a fruit jar with a screw top. The brown-paper label pasted to the jar names the...Read more
Small business owners drained savings accounts and the fruit jar buried in the back yard, hoping to survive. This is all old news, isn't it?...Read more
Courtesy By TIM STANLEY World Staff Writer BIXBY — Take a big fruit jar. Talk into it until you get used to the sound of your voice...Read more
Fales recalled that the buccaneers were “well charged up … probably with the aid of one or two drams from a fruit jar containing moonshine spirits...Read more
other jewelry. early fruit jar Pearl, Western shell box, Steuben dresser bottles, huge set of Limoges china, 20" Dia Slag glass lamp, BR&P RR lantern,...Read more
