1 August 2007 - 17:52Mason Jars

Glass canning jars, also known as fruit jars or Mason jars (after its inventor John L. Mason) have been around since the early 1850s and today the originals are eagerly sought after by collectors. A flurry of US Patents on how to seal the [tag]Mason jar[/tag] were issued in the late 1800s. There is a section on eBay devoted to the sale of antique fruit jars, some of which have sold for as high as $30,000. An earlier British canning jar is known as the Kilner jar.