Ball

Special

Widemouth

Dates of production:

Ball Special Widemouth, logo 4, round or square 1940-1942

Ball Special Widemouth, logo 4, rounded-square, 1947-1956

Ball Special Widemouth, logo 4, rounded-square, c/o 1957-1962

Refer to the glossary for definition of terms.

Notes:

The Ball Special Widemouth replaced the Ball Special. It was sold with glass lid/zinc band and metal lid/metal band fittings.

Usually, the words “Made in U.S.A” are embossed on the jar.

During World War II, the production of widemouth jars was prohibited by the War Production Board. Thus these jars were not made from 1942 until 1947. After the war, the jar was brought back in the new rounded-square shape, similar to the Ball Perfect Masons.

Beginning with the 1957 canning season, cup and ounce graduations were added to one of the side panels of the jar.

Starting about 1960, the word ‘Special’ was dropped from the embossing. See the Ball Widemouth for the successor jar.