Meeting Minutes, September 13th, 2015

Since 1972
Midwest Glass Chatter
September 2015
Club Officers
 Richard Cole, President
2904 W. Moore Rd.
Muncie, IN 47304
765-288-8717
 Dave Rittenhouse, Vice Pres.
1008 S. 900 W.
Farmland, IN 47340
765-468-8091
 Jim Durr, Treasurer
500 W. Ohio St.
Fortville, IN 46040
317-485-5854
 Joe Coulson, Secretary/Editor
412 W. Smith Valley Rd.
Greenwood, IN 46142
317-476-6409
An Index to the Club
Library is available online.
Please contact Dick Cole
about items which you
would like to check out.
Membership
The Midwest Glass
Chatter is a monthly publication and is a forum
through which collectors
can share information.
Membership cost is
$15.00 per year, per family,
due each January 31. All
jar/bottle related collectors
are welcome.
Send to
MAFJBC, Attn: James Durr,
500 W. Ohio St., Fortville,
IN 46040
Meeting Minutes, September 13th, 2015
The September club
meeting was held in the Cantina at Minnetrista in Muncie,
Indiana. Club President Dick
Cole opened the meeting and
welcomed 8 members.
We have a couple of corrections to report for the August Glass Chatter.
The
French Lick Springs paperweight was displayed by Jerry
Dixon rather than Lou Ebert.
Also, the Ball ® Mason special
run Asheville, North Carolina
fruit jar discussed by Mark
Hoyt was a Quart rather than a
Pint. The jar is only known in
Quart size.
Jim Durr gave the Treasurer’s report for September.
There were expenses for the
club newsletter. There was no
income reported for the
month. The club continues to
maintain a positive bank balance.
Caniff on “The Lost Penley
Jars” in the September issue of
Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. It is an interesting
story about a modern line of
fruit jars that never made it to
market, but a few examples
did escape destruction.
Dick Cole mentioned
these upcoming regional
shows: October 10th 2015
(Saturday) Memphis, Tennessee – 30th Annual Mid-South
Antique Bottle, Advertising &
Collectibles Show at the Agricenter International, 7777
Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, Tennessee, 9:00am to
4:00pm; October 18th 2015
(Sunday) Findlay, Ohio –
Findlay Antique Bottle Show
NEW LOCATION The Sterling Center, 4570 Fostoria
Avenue, Findlay, Ohio 45840
(behind Humane Society).
From I-75, take exit #157,
follow signs for Rt. 12, approx. 5 miles. Show hours
9:00 am – 2:00 pm.
The next club meeting
will be held October 4th at
1:30pm at Minnetrista in
Muncie, Indiana. The theme
for Show and Tell will be
“Go-Withs” (items that go
along with collecting fruit jars
and bottles).
Respectfully submitted,
Joe Coulson
Dave Rittenhouse mentioned that the club will have
an advertisement for the January 2016 Muncie Jar Show in
the October issue of Antique
Bottle & Glass Collector and
the
November/December
issue of Bottles & Extras.
Contact Dave if you need
Show Flyers to distribute at
antique malls, flea markets
and other places.
Dick told everyone to
check out the article by Tom
Dick Cole first showed examples of the Penley jars at the January
2012 Muncie Fruit Jar Show. Here is a photo of his display.
Midwest Glass Chatter
September 2015
Page 2
Show and Tell
The theme for the September club meeting was “Jars
Made in Indiana.”
Joe Coulson shared a Ball
blue QT Ball Standard which
he had purchased a yard sale
earlier in the year for $1.
Joe also shared an aqua
HG Mason (shepherd crook)
(made by the Greenfield Fruit
Jar & Bottle Co.); and an aqua
HG Mason’s Patent Nov. 30TH
1858. (note the period after
1858) (reverse heel: U.G.Co.).
Thought to have been made at
the Upland Glass Co. in Upland, Indiana.
Lou Ebert displayed a
clear 12 1/5 oz. (RB #550)
Calcutt’s Patent Apr.11 Nov.7,
1893 (on glass lid and base)
(made by the Canton Glass
Co., Marion, Indiana 1893—
1899 and made by National
Glass Co., Factory No. 2, Canton Glass Works, Marion,
Indiana 1899–1902); a clear 22
oz. (RB #565) The Canton
Domestic Fruit Jar PatD Dec.
31 1889 (on glass lid) (made by
the Canton Glass Co., Marion,
Indiana 1893—1899 and made
by National Glass Co., Factory
No. 2, Canton Glass Works,
Marion, Indiana 1899–1902);
an aqua 58 oz. (RB #1920)
Mason’s CFJCo (monogram)
Patent Nov. 30TH 1858 (base: F
191) (made by Thompsons’
Glass Co., Gas City 1892—?); a
green QT (RB #730) Dillon G.
Co. Fairmount, Ind. (on base)
(made by Dillon Glass Co.,
Fairmount, Indiana 1891—
1894); a clear HG (RB #878)
Easy
Trade
VJC
Co
(monogram) Mark Vacuum Jar
(base: Pat. July 11, 1893 VJC
Co monogram) (made by Safe
Glass Co., Upland, Indiana
1898—1902); a clear QT (RB
#2579) Sealfast (base: unmarked) (ground lip, old style
Lightning seal) (probably made
by Upland Flint Bottle Co.,
Upland, Indiana for A.M.
Foster & Co., glass jobber of
Chicago, who owned Upland
Flint Bottle Co. 1911—?); a
clear QT (RB #2578) Sealfast
(base: Foster 401) (smooth lip,
old style Lightning seal) (made
for A.M. Foster & Co., glass
jobber of Chicago, by Upland
Flint Bottle Co., which became
Foster Forbes Glass Co. in
1929); a clear HP (RB #2581)
Foster Sealfast (smooth lip,
Lightning beaded neck seal)
(made for A.M. Foster & Co.,
glass jobber of Chicago by The
Marion Flint Glass Co., Marion 1914—?); a clear QT (RB
#2591) Sealfast Sold By C.B.
Hobbs Grocer Phone 581
Tipton, Ind. (base: unmarked)
(smooth lip, old style Lightning seal) (made for A.M. Foster & Co., glass jobber of Chicago, manufacturer and date
undetermined); a very light
aqua PT (RB #1605) Made By
The Meyer Fruit Jar Co. Detroit, Mich. (base: unmarked)
(ground lip, glass lid and buckle clamp ring missing) (made
by The Meyer Fruit Jar Co. in
the Ft. Wayne Glass Co. plant
in Upland, Indiana; Ft. Wayne
Glass Co. was in receivership
and Meyer rented the factory
from the receiver in 1897); an
aqua PT (RB #1624) The Marion Jar Mason’s Patent Nov.
30TH 1858 (ground lip, Mason
shoulder seal, original zinc cap)
(made by Marion Fruit Jar &
Bottle Co. in their factories in
Marion, Fairmount [two] and
Converse, Indiana 1890s—
1904); a clear QT (RB #1639)
Mason (in script, underlined
with narrow banner) (smooth
lip, Mason shoulder seal)
(these jars are attributed to
Safe Glass Co., Upland, Indiana circa early 1900s); a light
aqua QT (RB #1938) HFJCo
cross above Mason’s Patent
Nov. 30TH 1858 (base: Pat.
Nov. 26 67 mould number
299) (original lid, inside: The
Hero Glass Works, Philadelphia PA.—no Hero cross)
(made for Hero Fruit Jar Co.
by Marion Fruit Jar & Bottle
Co. circa 1890s) (note: the
mould number 299 matches
one of eight jar bottom shards
found at the Marion Fruit Jar
& Bottle Co. site in Marion,
Indiana); an amber QT (RB
#2168) M.F.J.Co. (on base)
(groove ring wax sealer,
pressed laid-on ring) (made by
Marion Fruit Jar & Bottle Co.
in Marion and possibly their
factories in Fairmount and
Converse) (when Marion Fruit
Jar & Bottle Co. started in
1888 their first products were
wax sealers); and finally a Canton Glass Co.’s Pattern 130
“Multiple Scroll” clear jar
(wide mouth, hand blown in a
mould with base and three
body side parts) (top seal,
straddle glass lid and metal
screw band) (lid: embossed
with screaming eagle with
globe, shield, arrows and foliage) (there is a band at the
shoulder and heel of this jar) (
this pattern was used on several Canton products) (these jars
were probably packer jars for
fancy fruits and could be used
for home canning) (made by
Canton Glass Co., Marion,
Indiana circa 1890—1899 and
National Glass Co., Factory
no. 2, Canton Glass Works,
Marion 1899—1902).
Dave Rittenhouse shared
a beautiful yellow QT The
Leader. He recently acquired
a matching color lid on eBay.
Jean Harbron brought an
amber QT (RB #340)
BBGMCo reproduction; an
SCA QT unembossed octagon
neck jar (made by Pennsylvania Glass Co. of Anderson,
Indiana); and a clear Crisco
product jar with original label
(base embossed with Ball
logo).
Mike James shared several newspaper articles on Root
Glass Company of Terre
Haute, Indiana. Mike also
shared an original letterhead
from Root Glass Co. Root
Glass in Terre Haute was similar to Ball Brothers in Muncie.
There were several businesses
in Terre Haute that had the
Root name, such as the Root
Department Store and Chapman Root Racing.
Mike also displayed several bottles and jars made at the
Root plants to show the similar and unmistakable green
color. Some people call it
“Coke bottle green”, and others call it “Root green”.
Colleen Dixon brought
an aqua PT The Leader; a
green QT Swayzee’s Improved
Mason; a green QT Ball
(dropped ‘a’) Perfect Mason;
an aqua QT Mason’s Patent
Nov. 30TH 1858 (base: Hemingray 3); a clear QT Globe; a
light green HG Globe; a light
green HG unembossed (base:
Hemgray 2) (metal cap: Patent
June 2, 1860 Cin. O.); and a
Ball Blue HG Ball Ideal Pat’d
July 14, 1908.
Dick Cole shared a clear
small Ball Refrigerator and
Freezer Jar. This is a scarce
size that is not seen often.
Midwest Glass Chatter
September 2015
Page 3
Show and Tell Pictures
Ball Blue QT
Ball Standard
Machine-made
Aqua HG Mason
(shepherd crook)
Clear 12 1/5 oz. Calcutt’s Patent Apr.11 Nov.7, 1893
(around side of glass lid and again on the base)
The Canton Domestic Fruit Jar
PatD Dec. 31 1889 (on glass lid)
Aqua HG Mason’s Patent Nov. 30TH 1858
(reverse heel: U.G.Co.)
Amber QT M.F.J.Co. (on base)
(groove ring wax sealer, pressed laid-on ring)
Made by Marion Fruit Jar & Bottle Co.
Aqua 58 oz. Mason’s CFJCo Patent Nov. 30 TH 1858
(base: F 191)
Made by Thompsons’ Glass Co., Gas City 1892—?
Midwest Glass Chatter
September 2015
Page 4
Show and Tell Pictures, cont’d
Clear HG Easy Trade VJC Co (monogram) Mark Vacuum Jar
(base: Pat. July 11, 1893 VJC Co monogram)
Made by Safe Glass Co., Upland, Indiana 1898—1902
Yellow amber QT
The Leader
(with matching lid)
An unusual size of the
Ball Refrigerator and
Freezer Jar
Light aqua PT
The Meyer Fruit Jar
Co. Detroit, Mich.
Mike James discusses the consistent green color of glass of items made by the Root Glass Co.
Aqua QT Mason’s Patent Nov. 30TH 1858
(base: Hemingray 3)
Green QT
Ball (dropped ‘a’)
Perfect Mason
Midwest Glass Chatter
September 2015
Page 5
Circle City Antique Bottle Show, Sept. 19th, Pictures
Display of Coca-Cola bottles from all 50
states plus the District of Columbia
Nicely done Display award plaques
Jerry and Colleen Dixon at their sales table
Display of Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry
American Glass Gallery had a sales table
Joe Coulson at his sales table
Display of rare Indiana bottles including a
set from Indianapolis Glass Works
Dave Rittenhouse at his sales table
A general view of the sales floor; Pete Peterson, and Joe & Tina Merkel had sales tables
Midwest Glass Chatter
September 2015
Mike James shared this Root Glass Company letterhead soliciting business from all of the Coca-Cola bottlers in the United States.
Note the Root Mason jar depicted in the upper right corner of the page: “Machine-Made Jar Plant / 17TH Street & Maple Avenue”.
Page 6
Midwest Glass Chatter
September 2015
Page 7
M IDWEST A NTIQUE F RUIT
J AR & BOTTLE C LUB
A jarrific place to share and learn
Send articles and info here:
Joe Coulson, Editor
412 W. Smith Valley Rd.
Greenwood, IN 46142
Email: [email protected]
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
WE’RE ON THE WEB!
HTTP://WWW.FRUITJAR.ORG
AND FACEBOOK!
HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/
Announcements

Upcoming club meetings:
Sunday, October 4th, 1:30pm meet at Minnetrista, theme
is “Go-Withs”
Sunday, November 1st, 1:30pm meet at Minnetrista,
theme is “Mason’s Patent Jars”
Sunday, December 6th, 1:30pm meet at Minnetrista,
Christmas Pitch-In Dinner

We have been told that fruit jar and bottle collector Bob Harms
passed away in mid-April this year. Our condolences go to his
family.

Our club is a member of the Federation of Historical Bottle
Collectors (FOHBC). The FOHBC has many resources and
interesting articles on their website as well as a list of bottle
shows: http://www.fohbc.org/shows

The next North American Glass auction opens October 5th.
Pre-view pictures are available now:
http://www.gregspurgeon.com/auction
Jean Harbron displayed a repr od ucti on a mbe r Q T
BBGMCo (monogram) jar that
was produced in 1976 by Ball
Corporation to celebrate the
company’s beginnings as a
fruit jar manufacturer. These
jars were blown by a skilled
glass blower. The style of the
milkglass lid is different than
an original, but you have to
pay close attention to the details.