"Kissin' Cousins"
Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", September 2001, page 44
Display by:
Tom and Alice Moulton
1911 Preservation Drive
Plant City, FL 33567-5745
813-754-1396
corkscru1@aol.com
or amouI01954@aol.com
A perfect match of a couple's collecting interests - jars and insulator's. Beautifully
displayed are seventeen companies that produced each.
Coming Pyrex (c. 1868 - present) - Insulators produced from 1924 - 1951 (CD
128). Jar was made for jar jobbers, Smalley, Kivlin and Onthank, Boston, 1924 -
late 1930's
Kerr (c. 1903-1991) - CD 155 was removed from a working Tennessee line - most
cobalt splotches never were installed. Jar was made with cobalt streak for 65th
anniversary in 1968.
Ohio Valley (c. 1881-1888; 1902-1905) - CD 112 made between 1902 and 1905;
jar was made by a company of the same name between 1881 and 1888. Inconclusive
as to whether they are the same company.
Agee (c. 1920-1940's) - CD 422 was produced by the Australian Glass Company's
Sidney plant between 1920 and 1940; jar produced at the company's Penrose, NZ
plant 1920-1930
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Brookfield (83 Fulton St, NY c. 1868-1888) - CD 133 made during the 1870's;
jar made between 1869-1883, one of 6-8 known specimens.
S. McKee & Co. (c. 1834-1886) - Only one insulator type attributed to
this company, CD 731, a threadless style which dates it prior to or around 1865;
the wax sealer jar was made between 1860 and 1880.
Hamilton (c. 1884-1895) - CD 162 is the only insulator embossed Hamilton and
made after 1880; jar produced sometime after 1866 and is one of the oldest
Canadian jars.
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Pacific Glass Works (c. 1862-1876) - The CD 13 (E.C.&M.Co.S.F.) is
believed to be the product of San Francisco and Pacific Glass Words which was
established in 1876; the Victory Jar is marked with Pacific Glass Works, San
Francisco.
Hemingray (c. 1848-1933) - CD 124 was manufactured post 1893 since it carries
the patent date and has sharp drip points; the H.G.CO. monogram on the jar dates
it in the 1870's.
Lynchburg (c. 1919-1925) - CD 112 insulator and the jar were both made
between 1923 and 1925.
Gayner (c. 1898-1937) - CD 106 was produced between late 1920 and early 1923;
the jar was most likely made in the mid to late 1920's.
Dominion (c. 1886-1898) - CD 115 was made by the second Dominion Glass
Company after 1913; the jar was produced between 1887 and 1898 by the first Dominion
Company.
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Thames (c. 1864-1865) - CD 718 only one of two known embossed examples,
1864-1865; the J.J. Squire jar was manufactured by the Thames Glass Works, New
London, CT who held a patent in 1864 for a jar top.
Hawley (c. 1889-1910) - CD 102 pony style and a no-tie U-184 (also
manufactured in glass) patented in 1899; only one jar type found with the Hawley
Glass Company embossed on the bottom.
Folembray (c. 1709-1956) - CD 677.5 is embossed Folembray and was advertised
in a 1939 trade journal; also a product of Folembray are the Durfor marked
preserve bottles.
Owens-Illinois (c. 1929-1966) - CD 128 carrying the Hemingray and
Owens-Illinois trademark in opalescent glass; Presto Supreme Mason Duraglas jar
with Owens-Illinois Glass Company and trademark on base - Duraglas marking was
issued in 1941.
Spratt (James) (c. 1845-1852 & 1854-1858) - Lightning rod insulator bears
Spratt's name and the 1850 patent date; can displayed was found in New Hampshire
and is marked with Spratt's name, the patent date (1854) for a method of sealing
cans, name of jobber who used the product.
"Kissin' Cousins"
by Tom and Alice Moulton
(Information compiled by Tom and Alice Moulton for display handout.)
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