What is a Ball Jar?
A canning jar or fruit jar made by Ball. These canning jars were made by the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company, The Ball Corporation and now Alltrista Corporation. Generally these jars will have the word Ball embossed in the glass. (Some people may use the name “Ball Jar” to describe any type of canning jar. This is technically incorrect). The Ball Brothers started making fruit jars beginning in 1884 in Western New York . Their first jars showed the BBGMCo monogram. This monogram was used until 1886. From the early 1890’s until 1962, they made their canning jars in Muncie Indiana. From about 1900 to 1940, Ball acquired many other fruit jar making companies . The company name was changed to The Ball Corporation in 1969. Other plants were located in many other cities including El Monte, California, Mundelein, Illinois, Asheville, North Carolina. Since 1993. the Alltrista Corporation has been manufacturing the Ball glass canning jars. They also make Kerr, Bernardin and Golden Harv
