Size:  HALF GALLON

Color:  BLACK GLASS

Closure:  Sun Moon Star logo zinc cap

Appearance: sparkling glass

Condition:  shallow chipping of the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong

Base: "6"

Age:  Made in 1877 by the Hemingray Glass Co of Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. In that year Adam Dickey of Middletown, Ohio obtained a patent for black glass to be used in preserving fruit under the premise of allegedly preventing discoloration of the produce. See the Patent. The concept was not successful in the market, as evidenced by the very few examples of these black glass jars now in existence.

Availability: rare

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