... online something called a salt water battery that uses copper and aluminum rods. so not sure if that is what this is. No writing on the glass or ...

Here is a view of the base. "H.G.CO" is embossed centered across the middle of the base. Another specimen was also pictured in the November 2002 issue of Crown Jewels of the Wire, an article by Roger Lucas ...

... two varieties of Pile Leclanche style battery jars with a ground lip made by Hemingray. Both are embossed "PILELECLANCHE" on the front ...

Bottom photo showing the embossings

... 's a beautiful Depression Glass Green Battery Jar. It's in excellent condition...a white inclusion on the upper portion of one of the chambers.. ...

Here is a group photo of all the lids as I have them mounted on the wall. Always looking for manufacturers, shapes and embossings I don't have.

Here is a picture of the side and top of lid. Hopefully you can make out the neat GameWell logo which is a fist holding lightning bolts. It was used on all their advertising, fire and police alarm boxes. The lid is made ...

... that had hundreds of these NOS GameWell battery jars in a warehouse. Being that they were inside and not exposed to the sun, they are clear. ... . This showes the jar with lid and two battery rests. The grooves in the bottom had rods that the jar sat on and the rests held up the rods in the ...

... out so I didn't have to deal with any battery acid or contamination. To be on the safe side though, I put the junk parts in Vinegar and water to ...

... is an Gladstone-LeLande Cobalt Blue battery jar I was lucky to find in an antique store. The lid is porcelain while the jar is steel instead of ...

... ; Cobalt Blue. Lower row: Schoenmehl Battery Co. Mfg. By The Waterbury Battery Co. Waterbury Conn. Large round. Also has a porcelain extension ... of the typical use and style of storage battery, C.B. Schoenmehl had patent US663938 Dec. 18, 1900 for their type of storage battery. There were ...

... I might share photos of my porcelain battery lid collection. For some reason the lids are easier to find than the whole complete unit with the ... . Miller Cinncinatti O., Edison Primary Battery Type V, Edison Primary Battery Hump Back type. Lower row: Warner Electric Co. Muncie IND. Hump back ...

... one that I seldom see. Several of the jars were from the Boston area ...

A little top shelf variety. Color is a bit harder to find.

I've always had an attraction to battery jars. The nice old glass and the bold embossing are what I enjoy. Not a big collection but I think ...

... with the purchase of the pair of glass battery rest insulators made by the same company I have listed on ICON . This lid fits a small glass jar ... pontil mark that is identical to the battery rests they made and has no damage ...

Paper labeled glass battery jar, 4 1/2" diameter x 6". Jar is in excellent condition. Factory ground lip with no ...

Here's a photo of the tray turned over looking at the base. There is a molded knob with a loop or a hook in the right center of the tray which may be for a wire to feed through it.

This is a close up of the ESPERANZA S.A. marking that is found in the lower center of the inside of the tray.

... before. Apparently used with a large battery and/or accumulator for electrical storage ...

Here is a nice unmarked battery jar -- just a couple small flakes around the ground top edge -- $25 plus actual postage ...

I found this battery jar last week at a local junk shop. The embossing on the battery jar says ...

Here's an unmarked Tudor battery rest from France. Probably used in their smaller battery jars. Measures 2.25"w x 1 5/8" ... First email gets this cool small battery rest for only $75 plus shipping. Thanks ...

... Listed as a triple-cell battery jar in depression glass (uranium glass ...

I recently found this along the Reading Railroad. Has anybody else tried to clean one of these? It's got about an inch of hardened nasty gunk at the bottom of the jar. Any tips on what I could use to break up that ...