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    Small "Ball" canning jar: Help!

    I was detecting at a friend's old farm on Sunday and didn't find much. The only coin was a 1947 wheat and I did manage one of those heartbreaking 18K plated rings, but most of the finds were scrap or bullets. Down at their house at the end of the day, I noticed an aqua Ball canning jar up on a shelf. We'd talked a bit over the last few months about different old canning jars we've known and loved, but I'd never seen this variety before. It doesn't have threads, or a wire bail; does anyone know what kind of sealing system this would have used? I'm going to check the thread about dates for Ball jars and add more information from that; for now, I'll post the picture and hope someone knows what we're looking at! I checked the "Ball" chart and it appears to be 1910-1923.
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    Re: Small "Ball" canning jar: Help!

    Hi, It should have a glass lid with a wire snap enclosure. I will dig mine out and post a pic if someone else doesnt first Paul
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    Re: Small "Ball" canning jar: Help!

    Quote Originally Posted by pganjon
    Hi, It should have a glass lid with a wire snap enclosure. I will dig mine out and post a pic if someone else doesnt first Paul
    So the wire snap enclosure would be secured under the rim, but not in holes like the classic wire bails?
    A gentleman farmer named Floyd
    With some of his kin was annoyed
    The boys in their youth
    Did not know the truth
    And one of his tools was destroyed

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    Re: Small "Ball" canning jar: Help!

    Hi, yeah it looped around and under that glass lip and had two more loops. One went over the top of the lid and nestled in a groove in the center of it and after you did that , you would pull the other loop down and it would over center with tension and then snap tight Paul
    May you find God's grace in every mistake!

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    Re: Small "Ball" canning jar: Help!

    Common jar, the bail was anchored by a fine wire twisted about the neck.
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    Re: Small "Ball" canning jar: Help!

    Agreed, glass lid,wire closure. very common jar. HD

 

 

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