Fruit Jar / Canning Jar

Harry Pristis

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I'm looking for a lid for this jar.....OR, I'm looking for someone who has a lid and needs this jar.
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I don't know that this jar of mine is a Weir Patent jar, but the lid will look something like the lid of this Weir jar.
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It's usually the lid that survives, so someone probably has one that would fit. Let me know.
 

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Harry, never seen nothin' like it before. Now it's burned into my mind and my eyes are peeled. If I ever run across one, I will be shipping it off to you in haste.
 

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Harry Pristis

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gleaner1 said:
Harry, never seen nothin' like it before. Now it's burned into my mind and my eyes are peeled. If I ever run across one, I will be shipping it off to you in haste.
Well, thank you, 'gleaner1' . . . That is a generous thought.
 

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Harry, I save all the lids I ever find just for that sort of thing. But I have none like this in my collection....yet! I shall dig more and be in search of this elusive lid! :thumbsup: jgas
 

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jgas said:
Harry, I save all the lids I ever find just for that sort of thing. But I have none like this in my collection....yet! I shall dig more and be in search of this elusive lid! :thumbsup: jgas
Thanks, 'jgas'. Sooner or later I'll make a connection . . . or rather, the jar will be connected to an appropriate lid!

I think that diggers - many or most diggers - keep intact jar lids. I know that I did when I was digging. I still have a few. There must be thousands of lids of all sorts gathering dust in boxes, or tins, or buckets . . . . potentially useful, too good to throw away! What do you do with 'em?

Has anyone here ever made that lucky connection, lid with jar (or jar with lid)?

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Yea Harry, I keep the ones that are embossed of course. Pickle pushers and the like. Even the more common Mason lids are good for trade here and there. Heck I sold the one pickle pusher for $25 and the guy I sold it to then sold it for $35. So we all won on that deal. :thumbsup: jgas
 

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I found a lid Saturday that looks almost suitable, except it's 3.25 inches across and would probably fall into your jar. It's definitely that kind of closure.
 

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halfdime said:
I found a lid Saturday that looks almost suitable, except it's 3.25 inches across and would probably fall into your jar. It's definitely that kind of closure.
Thanks for thinking about it! I guess this jar has a wider- than-average mouth.
 

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