Blue Mason Jars do not 'turn' blue, they are manufactured from a greenish/bluish glass.
This glass contains trace amounts of Iron and/or Cobalt ... the greater the concentration, the deeper the color.
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Blue mason jars with iron crosses are worth more than regular mason jars. Online venders sell them for between 8 and 25 dollars, depending upon the condition of the jar.
The numbers found on Lamb Mason jars, and all Mason jars, are mold numbers. The numbers 3,9,13, and 18 would be the number of the mold the jars were made from. The jar originally started out as clear but as it aged it would turn pink.
They are available in some antique stores and junk shops.
Please give me the value of 4 blue ball mason jars that I have. The numbers on the bottom are: 0, 4, 6, 7
Generally, old jars and bottles using blue colours signified poisons and medicines. So I would say they are not food safe - just to be safe.
they are 25 dollars each
You can go to an antique dealer or call them and describe your jars. They should be able to give you the going rate.
The Mom's Mason jars were made in 1975. They were manufactured in Columbus, Ohio and are worth between $1.00 and $2.00.
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If it is a blue glass jar than it is an old one. They used those jars to store many things from foods to poisons during the civil war. Also, check the lid if it has one. Metallic lids were used on the older mason jars. I have also heard that if the jar doesn't have a seam going down the side of it, it is one of the oldest models that mason produced. They hand blew jars before machine glassing them.