This is a really neat Ball item. An old letter opener featuring a 3L Ball mason and a gushing gas well. Probably dating around 1900-1905. There is also another version that exist's with a Ball Perfect Mason on the end with the end being in the shape of a jar instead of how this one is made. I don't have the other variety but hope to get one sooner or later. This example is the earlier of the 2 made having the 3L Ball mason it. 

This is a pretty neat item I have been searching for to add to the Ball collection. Ball made these kerosene cans before they started making fruit jars. The first ones were wooden jacketed cans made around 1880 and then they started making these tin jacketed kerosene jugs. This one is marked "Dandy" and they also had several other names such as "Crown,Diamond & Boss". The glass of this is a nice shade of green and has bubbles throughout the glass. A neat Ball go along with from days gone by...

This is a handbook given to employee's with all the defect's you may encounter when a new jar is being made and has explanations as to the effect and how to fix it. Very informative handy little book to have. It explains all the weird little mark's you see on old jars such as check's, rocker bottom, shear marks, fused glass, etc... Very neat Ball Item to that adds to my collection...

Here we have 3 more Ball items I have in my collection. First is a cool green keychain made for their centennial year 1880-1980. Next is a square Ball patch & the last item is my favorite. George A. Ball's very own business card. George A. Ball was born in 1862 & passed away in 1955. He was the youngest of the 5 Ball Bro's. I'm not sure as to the age of this card but I know it is genuine and it goes well in the collection...

This is an early boxend from the mid 1890's. This particular example dates from around 1894-1895 and is one of the first designs when they first started packing jars in wooden boxes. These were made from Michigan Pine and jars were protected with strawboard liner-divider's and shipped in dozen lots to grocer's. Around 1902 Ball started using corrugated paper to ship their jars in instead of wooden boxes. This particular end is odd as there is nothing on the jar itself. I have examined this piece very closely and it appears there was never anything/design printed on this end.  Pretty cool Ball item that add's nicely to the collection...

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