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14443. BLACK GLASS Masons Patent 1858 Rev HGCo Quart
Listing # 14443
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DESCRIPTION

Size:  QUART

Color: BLACK GLASS

Closure:  zinc cap

Appearance: shiny glass has some usage scuffs

Condition:  edge chipping on the ground mouth

Embossing:  strong both sides

Base:  "8"

Age:  c1877

Availability:  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 of opaque black glass for canning jars was not successful in the market, as evidenced by the very few examples of these jars now in existence.

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