Ball

Dates of production:

Ball, logo 1, off-set seams 1898-1910

Ball, logo 1, in-line seams 1906-1910

Ball, logo 2 1910-1911

Ball, logo 4, tapered 1955-1962

Ball, logo 5, tapered, c/o 1960-1966

Ball, logo 5, tapered, c/o, medallion, 1966-1974

Ball, logo 5, tapered, c/o, medallion, ® 1975-date

Refer to the glossary for definition of terms.

Notes:

The early jars were among the first made by machine. Jars with off-set seams through the threads were made on the F. C. Ball patented machine, the in-line seam jars were made on the Ball-Bingham machine patented in 1906.

The modern tapered jars replaced the Ball Refrigerator and Freezer jars.

There are a few other jars with just the word “Ball.” Circa 1957, a tapered quarter-pint jar was made for a child’s jellymaking kit. Several jelly jars with the ‘Quilted Crystal’ have just the word ‘Ball.’