Hello! Today I picked up 27 jars from a guy who said the jars belonged to his grandmother! Super cool stuff. I was wondering if anyone had any insight on how old the jars could be, a lot of these brands l've never seen! I was also curious if the "fridge or freeze" pint and a half could be used for waterbath canning. I know it says fridge or freeze but I figured I'd ask. I did get 1 regular Ball pint and a half jar so I'm pretty excited for it to join my other 3. Anyway, let me know if you have any information!
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Ball discontinued those pint and a half’s a couple years ago and I’m still mad about it LOL. They’re great for asparagus and dilly beans. You can use any quart recipe for them. *(Remember scale down is fine, scale up is not)*
Fridge or freeze means post popularity of home freezers at least, so no older than 1940’s. I’m not sure when Ball started producing “wide mouth” jars in general, but that’s probably Google-able.
That’s definitely what I call the quail-head B logo too… again you can find that on Google faster than I probably can from my phone. Should help you narrow it down!
Good luck and nice find!!
The Square G mason in photo 7 was made 1940’s – 1950’s by the [Glenshaw Glass Company,](https://archive.triblive.com/news/glenshaw-glass-co-to-close-monday/) Glenshaw PA.
Randomly, Glenshaw Glass was a party in a famous income tax case decided by SCOTUS in the 1950s
Nice collection!
Love them! I put all my old jars to work. If I can can, then I can can.