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GIGANTIC Deep Purple HALF GALLON antique MASON 1858 PATENT fruit jar OLD - CLEAN
GIGANTIC Deep Purple HALF GALLON antique MASON 1858 PATENT fruit jar OLD - CLEAN
GIGANTIC Deep Purple HALF GALLON antique MASON 1858 PATENT fruit jar OLD - CLEAN
GIGANTIC Deep Purple HALF GALLON antique MASON 1858 PATENT fruit jar OLD - CLEAN
GIGANTIC Deep Purple HALF GALLON antique MASON 1858 PATENT fruit jar OLD - CLEAN
GIGANTIC Deep Purple HALF GALLON antique MASON 1858 PATENT fruit jar OLD - CLEAN
GIGANTIC Deep Purple HALF GALLON antique MASON 1858 PATENT fruit jar OLD - CLEAN

GIGANTIC Deep Purple HALF GALLON antique MASON 1858 PATENT fruit jar OLD - CLEAN

$ 105.59

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country of Manufacture: United States
  • More color:: GRAPE Violet LILAC wine JAM orchid BOYSENBERRY
  • Desirable Features:: COLOR * FUNCTIONAL * dated 1858 * GIGANTIC
  • Volume: GIGANTIC 2 quart - half gallon SIZE
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Era:: Antique (late-1800's) dated 1858
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Condition: Please DO NOT copy, paste, borrow, or use ANY part of this LISTING INFORMATION; my title, description, item specifics, PICTURES, or format, as I spend a lot of time researching and listing my items and do not appreciate finding my work stolen by another eBay user and now competing with mine, but with a slightly lower price~
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item Description:: GIANT sized Mason Patent 1858 Fruit Canning Jar
  • Color: Plum PURPLE amethyst AMETHYSTINE lavender MAGENTA
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days

    Description

    A GIGANTIC beautiful
    9 inch + tall x 4 1/2 inch wide
    large HALF GALLON size
    stunning DEEP PURPLE AMETHYST color
    (
    SCA
    )
    antique Fruit Jar.
    This is NOT a reproduction but an
    ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 1800's
    canning jar
    and it comes with an original
    WHITE
    MILK GLASS
    lined ZINC lid
    .
    Jar is embossed
    :  "
    MASON'S / PATENT / NOV 30
    TH
    / 1858
    "
    .
    Base of jar embossed
    :  "
    2
    "
    , no other embossing.
    Condition
    :  This jar is in SPARKLING PRISTINE CLEAN condition.  It has NO chips, cracks, dings, damage, etc.   Please see pictures
    for overall appearance of jar.
    Age
    : An early hand-blown bottle (Blown-In-Mold = BIM) with a ground-top, ca. late
    1800's.
    Shipping
    : All
    DOMESTIC
    shipping charges
    INCLUDE
    insurance. We have enjoyed shipping our items all over the world and are happy to offer most of our items to international buyers. Yet insuring International parcels is very expensive so PLEASE NOTE; we do
    NOT
    insure International orders unless winning buyer specifically requests this and we are able to provide an insurance quote. We do not falsify information on the Customs Form, such as a price other than what the actual purchase price is, so please do not request us to do so. We ship several times a week and send payment acknowledgments and shipping confirmations. Your prompt payment will assure a very quick turn-around time.
    IMPORTANT NOTE:
    If our shipping charge is much more than the actual shipping cost, we will refund the excess so what
    YOU
    pay for shipping/insurance is very close to, if not exactly, the
    ACTUAL
    shipping costs! This is especially important for foreign buyers to know as most of our foreign shipping charges are rough estimates
    .
    An absolute stunning jar in this LARGE size, l
    ots of deep purple glass in this ORIGINAL ANTIQUE FRUIT;
    an absolutely STUNNING color,
    This TRANSLUCENT purple color is the result of this jar being made with manganese-glass.  Manganese is a mineral, a rock, that was mined, crushed, and pulverized into a powder, then added to vats of liquid glass, and acted as a decolorizing agent to turn the natural aqua-tinted glass into a pure crystal clear colorless glass.   But when exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun or other sources of UV rays, it triggers a chemical reaction and the manganese oxidizes and turns a wonderful amethyst color.    This jar was run through an industrial food sterilizer, a safe and permanent process which does the same thing as exposure to natural sunlight, except much faster.  Though some may suggest that this lavender color has been artificially produced or altered, the only thing that is artificial or altered is the time it took to turn purple.   Whether glass has turned purple by the sun, by UV rays in a box, or by a sterilization process, they all turn the same purple color as it is all the same chemical reaction taking place.  Most importantly, only clear glass from before 1914 will turn sun-colored-amethyst.   Not only does this deep purple/amethyst color make this a great looking antique jar, but it also authenticates it as being truly antique.
    This
    jar is totally functional and could be used as a perfect storage jar on a kitchen counter, holding anything AND everything from sugar, dried peas, and beans to ... rice, coffee beans, dried fruit, honey, .... and really give a kitchen counter a 'country kitchen' look.   Extremely nice for an 1800's old glass jar,
    check it out!
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    thank you
    !
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