GIGANTIC antique XTREME PURPLE colored ATLAS MASON Fruit Jar dated 1858

Description

A SUPER LARGE 1/2 HALF GALLON  (
just about 9
" tall x 4.5" wide
)
deep SUN COLORED AMETHYST sca
antique ATLAS MASON PATENT Jar
.
This is
NOT
a reproduction but an
ORIGINAL 100 + YEAR OLD
antique canning jar,
dating well over
ONE CENTURY OLD
, back to VERY EARLY 1900
.
Jar embossed
:  "
- ATLAS - / MASON'S / PATENT / NOV. 30
TH
/ 1858
"
.
Condition
:   This is just a great looking antique jar. It has just enough wear, etching, and stain (patina) to give it that rustic look, the look of a century old jar.   Yet there is nothing specifically wrong with it, NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc., which is quite rare for a jar this old and this big.   The condition is consistent with its age.  The lid too is embossed "
ATLAS
", and it is in very good condition, complete with white milk glass insert
.
Age
:  An ABM smooth-lip jar, ca. early
1900's
.
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What a great looking antique fruit jar in this GIGANTIC Half Gallon SIZE!   It is always a welcome sight to find an antique bottle or jar that has a date on it, especially one that reaches back into the 1800's.   The 1858 date on this jar is a patent date but even the fact that it has a date on it is a sign of a good, old piece as into the early 1900's they started just using patent numbers instead of patent date.  This is NOT a commonly seen jar, especially in this purple color as many of these Atlas jars are not old enough to turn purple.
You hear about old glass turning purple ... this purple color is the result of having manganese in the glass.  Manganese is a mineral, a rock, that was mined, crushed, and pulverized into a powder, then added to vats of molten liquid glass, and acted as a decolorizing agent to turn the natural aqua-tinted glass into a pure crystal clear colorless glass.   Then it was blown into a mold to create a fruit jar.   But when exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun or other sources of UV rays, it triggers a chemical reaction and the manganese starts to oxidize and slowly turns a lavender or amethyst color.   The end result is what collectors refer to as SCA (Sun Colored Amethyst) glass.   The longer it is in the sun the purpler it becomes.  This jar was exposed to some concentrated UV rays which had the same affect as the sun, but a lot faster.   It has not been colored, stained, or altered.    No matter how an antique bottle or jar has turned purple (direct sunlight or UV rays in controlled environment) they all turn the same purple color as it is the same chemical reaction taking place.   The only difference is the time it took to turn purple.  What is important is that an item is old enough to turn purple as with few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1915 have manganese in them and will turn SCA.
After this, with the start of WWI, manganese was no longer available as foreign imports decreased and domestic resources turned towards the war effort.   Selenium sulphate then replaced manganese as a glass de-colorizer and when exposed to UV rays, it turns a yellow / straw color, and a dark burnt amber color.
Generally speaking NO MORE purple glass after 1915!
Not only does this deep purple/amethyst color make this a great looking fruit jar, but it also authenticates it as being truly antique
, and there is a lots and lots of purple glass in this GIGANTIC jar,
check it out!
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