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Found these at my 1930s house. Anyone know what some of these things are? (Specifically the ring looking things)
- Thread starter ChaytonR
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possum _ MO
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All trash.
Idrc I just like to see what all I can find in my backyard. If I were to go to a different property I would've thrown most of these out.All trash.
Coin Rescue Inc
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The two Items on the Right are parts of an old style Mason Lid Jar cap
top one is a Metal cap and the white ceramic item was inside the cap.
They used big red flat rubber rings as a sealing gasket.
The lid screwed down on the jar and the gasket was pinched by the ceramic glass in the cap and the glass rim of the jar.
My Grandmother has quite a few left over in her basement.
Also there were veggies in some of the jars. Some rotten because the gasket eventually leaked.
top one is a Metal cap and the white ceramic item was inside the cap.
They used big red flat rubber rings as a sealing gasket.
The lid screwed down on the jar and the gasket was pinched by the ceramic glass in the cap and the glass rim of the jar.
My Grandmother has quite a few left over in her basement.
Also there were veggies in some of the jars. Some rotten because the gasket eventually leaked.
Coin Rescue Inc
Well-known member
Then after that for a time they sealed the jars by heating Paraffin wax up and pouring it into the jar lid- mostly for Jams I think.
I opened many a jam jar by breaking out the wax.
The eventually the system came about that is widely used today. The ring and lid.
I opened many a jam jar by breaking out the wax.
The eventually the system came about that is widely used today. The ring and lid.
DWerk
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The Mason Jar Lid is zinc, the porcelain piece as stated is the liner for the lid. Newer jars use brass based rings with thin lids that have the rubber seal made into the perimeter of the lid. My wife cans and has some of the older zinc ones from her grandmother with the blue/green jars they were used on. Wax sealing not a safe way for standard canning as there is no way to confirm the jar has remained sealed, can't tell until you break the wax out and find mold underneath it. Wife still makes that ever year.
