QUART size FOSTER SEALFAST Fruit Jar Pure PURPLE AMETHYST Rich color

Description

A (
7.5
"
tall
) quart-size deep
SUN COLORED AMETHYST PURPLE
(
SCA
)
colored antique Fruit Jar.
This is
NOT
a reproduction but a 100 year old genuine antique canning jar.
Jar is embossed
:  "
SEALFAST
".
Base of jar embossed
:  "
FOSTER
".
Condition
:  Jar is in nice clean condition.  It maybe has a scuff, scratch, scrape, from wear, just enough to give it that old rustic look.  It actually looks just like what a CENTURY OLD + jar should look like, a little weathered though NOTHING REALLY wrong with it.   NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.  (See photos for overall condition).
Age
: An ABM smooth lip jar, ca. early
1900's.
Shipping
: All DOMESTIC shipping charges
include
insurance. We have enjoyed shipping our items all over the world and are happy to offer most of our items to international buyers. Yet insuring International parcels is very expensive so we do NOT insure International orders unless winning buyer specifically requests this so we are able to provide an insurance quote. We ship twice a week and send payment acknowledgments and shipping confirmations. Your prompt payment will assure a very quick turn-around time.  IMPORTANT NOTE:  If our shipping charge is much more than the actual shipping cost, we will refund the excess so what
you pay
for shipping/insurance will be very close to the
actual shipping costs
!
It is very nice to find one of these Seafast jars that is old enough to turn purple let alone one that is this deep purple color.  We've all heard about old glass turning
purple in the sunlight? ... This beautiful purple amethyst color is the result of  this jar being blown with manganese-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.   But when exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun or other sources of UV rays, it triggers a chemical reaction and the manganese oxidizes and turns a wonderful amethyst color.    Though some may suggest that this lavender color has been artificially produced or altered if it was purpled by any other source than natural sunlight, the only thing that may be altered is the time it took to turn purple.  It really doesn't matter whether a jar has turned purple by the sun or UV rays in a controlled environment, they all turn the same purple color as it is all the same chemical reaction taking place.  But what IS important is the age of the jar, as with few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1914 has manganese in it and will turn sun-colored-amethyst.   Not only does this deep purple/amethyst color
make this a great looking antique jar, but it also authenticates it as being truly antique, and functional as well as it still has the wire bale and glass lid (lid is a newer lid  that has taken on a burnt amber color) that work perfectly and safely as a storage jar on a kitchen counter.   Not bad for a century old glass jar,
check it out!
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thank you
!