RARE 1868 Valve Jar HALF GALLON fruit jar - ATTIC MINT Start Price USD 350.00 Current Price USD 350.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, August 30, 2008 End Time Saturday, September 06, 2008 Location West Columbia - 1ST Capitol Republic of Texas See more about 'RARE 1868 Valve Jar HALF GALLON fruit jar - ATTIC MINT ' Description Strongly embossed THE VALVE JAR CO PHILADELPHIA, base: PAT’D MAR 10TH 1868 encircling a large, fancy 2. Light blue half gallon. Character plus: lots of large bubbles and numerous 360 degree swirls, including a spectacular one above the embossing from the lip down caused by an excess of glass in the neck and shoulder. Repro metal lid and wire coil clamp.The jar is perfect. There’s not a mark on it anywhere, not even on the base. Even the ground lip is perfect, not the sllightest bit chipped. It’s a collectors collectible. Because of the swirl of extra glass in the lip and shoulder, it must have been stashed as too pretty to use even 100 plus years ago. The lid and clamp are quality reproductions.To enlarge a picture, click on it.   Place a Bid!