They are commonly seen for sale at antique malls, farm auctions, flea markets, yard sales, and on online auction sites.The very first versions with this embossing are believed to date from approximately 1913, with production continuing to about 1960.Rejoice if you find one of those; Buffalo jars are pretty rare.They were first made in Buffalo in 1884 and for several years after. They identify the position that the mold in which the jar was made held on the glassmaking machine.

Subscribe Email | RSS | E-Newsletters No, not at a movie on Saturday night. Instead, I mean how do you tell how old your Ball jar is?First check the logo, which changed fairly frequently until about 1962.The earliest logo was the intertwined BBGMC—Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company—used on jars made in Buffalo, New York.Soon their relationship progresses into a stronger friendship than before, while Sheldon and Penny's friendship slowly begins.In the season finale Penny hints at her true feelings for Leonard.The Ball Perfect Mason was a brand of glass fruit jar (canning jar) made by the Ball Bros. Glass jars with this embossed marking probably constitute the most popular jar for home canning ever produced in the United States. (See “Ball Brothers Glass Company” page, for a brief summary of that glass company).Season two starts immediately after the end of season one with Leonard and Penny's date.Jim Parsons submitted the episode "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" for consideration due to his nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.Hundreds of slight variations in shape, size, lettering font, glass color, base markings, etc., exist, and this particular type of jar presents a wide field of study for fruit jar collectors and glass historians.Typically, they were made in half pint, pint, quart, and half-gallon sizes.The roots of the Ball Glass Manufacturing Company go back to 1880, when Frank and Edmund Ball of Buffalo, New York, purchased the Wooden Jacket Can Company.Originally the brothers manufactured metal cans wrapped in wood, but when John L.Hundreds of millions (probably upwards of a billion or more!) have been made and used by home canners throughout most of the 20th century.