Bidspirit auction | Three Antique Ball Aquamarine Glass

Three Antique Ball Aquamarine Glass Mason and Ideal Jars - A trio of antique aquamarine-colored glass jars manufactured by the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company. The lot includes one Ideal style jar and two standard shoulder seal Mason jars. The central jar is a mold-blown glass vessel featuring a wire-side lightning bale closure with a separate glass lid. The body is embossed in script with the name Ball, under which is the word IDEAL. Below the main lettering is the embossed text PATD JULY 14 1908. The accompanying glass lid is also embossed with the Ball and IDEAL names. The base of this jar is embossed with the numeral 1. The two flanking jars are standard round shoulder seal canning jars with threaded necks. Both feature the embossed Ball script logo above the word MASON on the body. One jar bears the number 20 impressed on the base, while the other bears the letter A. Both Mason jars are fitted with weathered zinc screw caps. The glass displays characteristic manufacturing traits of early 20th-century production, including seeds, bubbles, and faint cords within the aquamarine blue-green material. Height: 7 1/2 inches (Ideal jar) Height: 7 inches (Mason jars) Diameter: 3 3/4 inches (Ideal jar base).