As a follow-up to Carol Serr's post, the house-shaped mark is also in 
Creswick (1987:139) in a section with jars of the "Crowleytown" Mason 
style.  These were made by John L. Mason Manuf. Co., New York, N.Y. during 
the 1869-1872 period.  The shoulder-seal jars (this was surely one of them) 
were also generally made during that period.

I agree with Carol that the "house" is virtually an exact match.  Creswick, 
too, called it a "'house' emblem."  Citation below.

Bill Lockhart

Creswick, Alice

1987 The Fruit Jar Works, Vol. I, Listing Jars Made Circa 1820 to 1920's. 
Douglas M. Leybourne, N. Muskegon, Michigan.




>>> Carol Serr <[log in to unmask]> 7/7/2007 2:44:49 pm >>>
Kevin!

I was flipping thru Leybourne's 2001 Redbook 9 (fruit jars book)... And
happened to see a house design just like what you have!!!

It's shown on page 247...as a base mark on a Mason jar...but simply is
noted as "'house' design"...  But...that's IT!  And...a place to start
from....I guess.

I was looking for our 'arrow' shape, jar base mark...but haven't found
it yet.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
>Behalf Of Kevin Gibbs
>Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:08 AM
>To: [log in to unmask] 
>Subject: House Shaped Glass Maker's Mark
>
>Hello,
>
>I was wondering if anyone could identify the maker's mark (at 
>least I think that's what it is) in the photo at 
>http://www.ascgroup.net/images/housemark.jpg .  It appears to 
>be house with a chimney, but I could be interpreting it 
>incorrectly.  I've looked through Toulouse but cannot find it. 
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Kevin Gibbs
>