Question: Which is older Ball or Mason jars?

Quick Fact: Who Invented the Mason Jar? John Landis Mason invented the Mason Jar on November 30, 1858. In 1884, Ball Corporation began manufacturing glass home-canning jars, the product that established Ball as a household name and licensed Masons design.

Which canning jars are the oldest?

In 1858, a 26-year-old Mason patented threaded screw-top jars “such as are intended to be air and water-tight.” The earliest mason jars were made from transparent aqua glass, and are often referred to by collectors as “Crowleytown Jars,” as many believe they were first produced in the New Jersey village of Crowleytown.

Why do people drink out of a Mason jar?

You do not drink out of a mason jar because youre giving a lot of thought to your dining accoutrements, you drink out of a mason jar because they are casually, effortlessly what you have on hand. In other words, people like the look of drinking from jars so much that they will buy glasses made to look like jars.

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