| The Progression of a Ball Jar
- 1885 to Present |
| Series |
Type |
Date |
| |
| PORCELAIN BBGMCo LINED |
|
h.m. s.s. g.l. |
|
1885 - 1886 |
| BALL M.P.N.30TH 1858 |
- |
h.m. s.s. g.l. |
|
1886 - 1896 |
| Balll IMPROVED MASON |
- |
s.s. (3 L loop) |
* |
1896 - 1900 |
| Balll MASON |
|
s.s. (3 L loop) |
|
1900 - 1910 |
| Ball MASON |
|
s.s. (2 L loop) |
|
1907 - 1910 |
| Ball MASON |
|
Bead Seal |
** |
1909 - 1914 |
| BALL PERFECT MASON |
« |
BLOCK lettering |
|
1910 - 1914 |
| Ball PERFECT MASON |
|
Offset embossing |
|
1913 - 1915 |
| Ball PERFECT MASON |
¤â |
Centered embossing |
|
1915 - 1923 |
| Ball PERFECT MASON |
¤• |
No underscore |
|
1923 - 1933 |
| Ball PERFECT MASON |
¤• |
Underscored |
|
1933 - 1940 |
| Ball PERFECT MASON |
|
Rounded square shape |
|
1940 - 1960 |
| Ball MASON |
|
Six grippers |
|
1961 - 1970 |
| Ball MASON |
|
Sculptured fruit |
|
1970 - present |
|
|
| - Series includes many variants |
h.m. - hand made |
* Start of machine made jars |
|
s.s. - shoulder seal |
** Start of bead seal finish |
| â Last series w/ascender
on a |
g.l. - ground lip |
|
| « Reworked BOYD mold |
|
| ¤ Series comes in both
round & square |
All dates are approximate and examples do exist that overlap. |
| • Series comes w/wo
grippers |
|
|
This chart only deals with the progression of shoulder seal to bead seal
modern jars. |
| Source: The
Standard Fruit Jar Reference. Acorn Press, Paris, Ill., 1984 - Author:
Dick Roller |
