[tob2]

Love it! By the way, I still have a couple of old Ball canning jars. hey were used by my great-grandnother and grandmother. I’m not parting with them at all.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I have a collection of the blue Ball jars. My oldest is from 1900. 120 years old, with the zinc screw-on lid. I have parted with a few through the years, but kept the oldest ones that were already in the family. I have two of the large 1/2-gallon jars - one holds rice and the other homemade granola. I limit my 'collecting' to either the glass lids with the hasp or the zinc lids.

Helpful chart for 'dating' Ball jars:

Mom was helping a friend clean out some of her deceased husband's 'junk' and she snagged two jars for me; Amazon Swift-Seal jars with red rubber gasket, glass lids and a hasp. We priced them out on Ebay and they were selling for $39.99 each! Score!

Funny the things that appeal to us. I'm a NUT for old willow baskets, Mason jars, quilts, Haeger vases and salt-glazed pottery. I'm convinced that I was born 100 years too late. ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Also, article on which Mason Jars are the most valuable:

https://www.littlethings.com/valuing-mason-jars