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How to Date the Age of Glass Bottles
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How to Date the Age of Glass Bottles Identifing the age of a glass bottle can be quite challenging at times. In today's market, bottle collecting is being invaded with decorative and artsy bottles that can...
Tags: Dating Bottles | Classifing Bottles | Dating Glass | What's Your Bottle's Age | Bottle Collecting
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THE MASON FRUIT JAR
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THE MASON FRUIT JAR~ At the age 26, a tinsmith from New York City name John L. Mason invented the term Mason Jar. He perfected a machine that could cut threads into lids, which introduced the ability of...
Tags: fruit jars | mason jar | jars | canning jars | mason patent 1858
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FRUIT JARS OVER-COOKED
by bottles-n-jars( 115)
** FRUIT JARS OVER-COOKED ** There has been a growing controversy among fruit jar and other bottle collectors on the appearance of glass that has been irradiated to "color enhance" the glass. In other...
Tags: reproduction fruit jars | how to identify reproductions | fruit jars | how to identify nuked glass | bottles
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WHY THE FRUIT JAR ?
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WHY THE FRUIT JAR? In the early to middle 1800's, commercial and home preservation of food evolved. The need for preserved food was driven by world-wide urbanization, exploration, and warfare. Countries such...
Tags: fruit jars | canning jars | jars | bottles | glass
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HOW TO MAKE GLASS BOTTLES & JARS
by bottles-n-jars( 115)
HOW TO MAKE GLASS ~ The properties of glass are varied by adding other substances commonly in the form of oxides, i.e., lead for brilliance and weight, Boron for thermal and electrical resistance, Barium to...
Tags: how to make glass | glass recipie | bottles | fruit jars | glass color
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