Wile getting some jars for dry goods i found this fella for 5 bucks, I know next to nothing about these but my phone says its a triple L and theres a 13 on the bottom. If you know its age id like to hear, price as well but it seems older then the rest. Im thinking im going to put sugar in it as I dont feel safe putting this under a vacuum
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Very nice! I have one I use for dry storage.
The 13 will be the mold or the glassblower’s number. It looks more like the 1910-1923 Dropped A Loop removed version of the jar to me. Logo 5.
Oh nice!
I have all my “oldies” as retirees in the form of decoration around the house as well.
That jar is around 110 – 120 years old. The blue glass is “Hoosier Blue” – the same came from Indiana Dunes.
I buy those for around $5 – $10 when I find them. Beautiful treasure!
Always love finding old jars. I have picked up a bunch at estate sales. I use them as flower vases or storage for things like straws, toothbrushes etc.
I, in general, don’t put any food in them because I prefer to avoid needing to wash them a lot, or eat the food out of them in case they are leaded glass (which I have no idea on at all it is just an in case).
I bought some of these and I use them for dry food storage. The ones I have came with the zinc lids and I was able to buy new rubbers (yes, that’s what they’re called) for them from Lehman’s.
Technically these neat old jars can still be used for canning, and I did for a few years. But I got a lot more seal failures on these older jars compared with modern jars.
When I got smart enough to look closely, I learned the sealing surfaces on many of these jars have small chips and other tiny defects.
Canning is challenging enough when everything goes well, so it doesn’t make sense to use jars more prone to seal failures. I now use these for dry storage only.