By: Jim Thompson
“Beehive” Ink Bottle
This bottle is estimated to have been made in the 1860s and has registration diamond embossed under the base. It is 2.8 inches in length and about 2.5 inches tall.
Root Mason Jar
This jar was made in Terre Haute, Indiana by the Root Glass Company from 1906 to 1909. It was made in pints, quarts and ½ gallon jars. If the zinc cap on the jar is printed “Root”, you can add $300 to the value of the jar as the lids were only made for three years. Ball bought the Root Glass Company.
Canadian Beehive Jar
This Canadian jar was made in pints and quarts, clear and aqua colors about 1910 and the current (2012) selling price is approximately $200 per jar. It looks like a Mason jar that has an embossed skep, flying bees and the words BEE HIVE. At one show many years ago, one of the dealers referred to it as a midget jar, while the dealers today are calling it as a pint or quart jar. As there are two sizes, I put this jar in this category as it is actually a fruit or canning jar and not classified as a honey container.
Octagon quart jar
This jar was made by the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Perrysburg, Ohio in 1954. This jar looks like a possible honey container even though it is not six sided or round like the regular honey jars.
“Beehive” jar
This jar shows some people have their own idea of a beehive looks like. In a certain position, the bottom of this container reflects giving the illusion that there is an entrance and this jar looks like a skep. It was made by the Jeannette Glass Company, Jeannette, Pennsylvania. The company was in business from 1889 to 1983.
Vase
This was advertised as a honey jar as it has a honeycomb pattern on the top portion of the “jar”. The problem comes when you look at the lid being made out of wire and having an open grid. Then you realize that the top is actually a flower frog for holding flowers in their arrangement and the “jar” is actually a vase. It is made by THT in 2003.
Fly Trap
This is an ingenious idea. This again is an item that one would think it is just a glass beehive. Then you notice that it has three pegs for feet and a wire harness for hanging. So it may be placed on a table or hung from a support. You put a small amount of sugar water into this jar or pieces of fruit. Insects may enter the trap through a one inch hole in the center bottom but cannot remember the exit and drown in the syrup. There was no manufacturers mark on this fly trap, so I cannot place a date. However I have seen some that were made in the 1900 time period and others that are rolling off the assembly line today. I have a feeling that this one is old, due to the beaded hangar.
Skep Diffuser bottle
This diffusser is 3″ tall and holds 4 ounces of diffuser oil. There are many fragrances that could be used. Select any of the aromatic fragrances or essential oils and pour into the glass bottle. Insert an all-natural reed that will act as a wick and the oils or fragrance will be released into the air.
