Home Bottle Database Bottle Tops Bottle Base Bottle Closures Rarity Guide Dating Guide Condition Guide Purchasing Bottles Digging for Bottles Diving for Bottles Bottle Articles Trademarks About Us Bottles Wanted Bottles For Sale Photos of the Past Bottle Humor Bottle Puzzle Contact Us Links	BALL FRUIT JAR QUICK DATING REFERENCE CHART: PART 2 Please note that there are many variants of Ball jars and are always exceptions. Below is a Ball quick references chart. . ................1885-1886.................................1892-1896........... . ...............1893-1896..................................1896-1910........... . ..............1910-1923..................................1923-1933............ . ............1933-1960.........................1960-1975............. ***********MORE DETAILED CHART BELOW*********** Refer to chart above for dating the Ball script on your jar. ( Example Ball Perfect Mason jar had 3 different Ball scripts between the years of 1913-1960). 1885-1887: BBGMCo. KNOWN AS THE BUFFALO JARS. SEVERAL VARIANTS. 1890: CHRISTMAS MASON. 1892-1996: BALL BLOCK LETTERS USED ON SOME MASON JARS. . 1893-1896: BALL SCRIPT WITH UNDER LINE. NOTE SOME JARS DID NOT HAVE THE UNDERLINE. NOTE 1898 AND EARLY JARS HAVE GROUND LIPS. 1896-1910: BALL SCRIPT HAS 3L. 1909-1910: BALL SPECIAL SHOULDER SEAL. NOTICE 3 L 1910-1961: BALL SPECIAL BEADED SEAL. MANY VARIARTS. SEVERAL VARIANTS ON THE BALL SCRIPT 1900-1912: BALL STANDARD WAX SEALER. NOTE 3L & 2L . 1909-1916: BALL SURE SEAL. LIGHTNING STYLE AND BEADED SEAL. 1910: SHOULDER SEAL PHASED OUT BEADED SEAL INTRODUCED. 1910-1913: BALL PERFECT MASON BLOCK LETTERING. 1910-1923: BALL SCRIPT DROPPED A. 1910-1963: BALL PERFECT MASON. MANY DIFFERENT STYLES & WRITING. 1900-1933: BALL IMPROVED. NOTE 1890s: BALL IMPROVED 1858 3 L. 1913-1922: THE WORD PERFECT MASON OFFSET. SEVERAL DIFFERENT VARIANTS. 1913: BALL SANITARY SURE SEAL. 1915-1962: BALL IDEAL IS ADDED TO LINE. MANY VARIANTS ROUND AND SQUARE JARS. 1923-1933: INTRODUCED UNDROPPED A. 1925: BALL SQUARE MASON (CARPENTER SQUARE). 1926-1952: BALL ECLIPSE & BALL ECLIPSE WIDE MOUTH 1933-1960: UNDERSCORE ADOPTED BACK 1933: GRIPPER RIBS ADDED TO JARS. 1937: NOTE BALL BLUE JARS DISCONTINUED. 1942: ROUND SQUARE JARS ADOPTED. 1947-1952: BALL FREEZER JAR 1952-1956: BALL REFRIGERATOR AND FREEZER JAR. 1956: ENGLISH MEASUREMENTS ADDED. 1960: THE OPEN B IN BALL CHANGES TO A CLOSED B. 1974: METRIC MEASUREMENTS ADDED. References: Fruit Jar Red Book by Douglas M. Leybourne, Jr. Frank & Frank Jr. (Wicker) Fruit Jar Collection. Back to Articles