Cube #6

Two cubes inside a Classico sauce jar.  Two sides have "Atlas" & "Mason" embossing on them while the other two have ounce markings.

I had either a tomato sauce or alfredo sauce from this jar.  This is an older style jar with a lid that is compatible with mason jars.  Newer Classico jars have a thinner lid.  Although the jar does say mason on it, the company does not recommend them for canning.

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Cube #5

 

Cube inside a Home branded pint mason jar.  Front says "Home" in cursive with "Mason Jar" below.  Left side has milliliters makings while the right side has ounces and cups markings.  "Made in USA" is also seen along the bottom of the jar.  Missing lid was replaced with a Ball two-piece lid.  This is likely a modern mass-produced generic mason jar.

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Cube #4

A lucky thrift shop find, a light blue Atlas quart mason jar. One the front is embossed lettering "Atlas" "Strong Shoulder" and "Mason".  Originally found without the lid, I have paired it with a zinc/porcelain Atlas lid.  Like many glass jars of the time, many bubbles can be see in the glass.  Notably, quarter inch bubbles, two above the 'A' and 'S' in Atlas and one (not pictured) on the bottom, with a few smaller ones around the jar.

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Cube #3

 

Some containers have enough room to fit multiple cubes.  This is a generic quart mason jar.  I got this jar without a lid, so I slapped a replacement Ball lid on top.  There is a nice ml/fl oz scale on the side.  This is a regular mouth jar, which is small enough to not fit a cube through whole.  Wide mouth jars are big enough for full cubes.

With a wide lid, room to rotate, and a short neck, the top cube is one of the easiest cubes to solve in place.

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Cube #2

 

This is either a vase or a decanter, I can't quite tell.  The bottom does not have any markings.  With a height of 9 inches, I needed to get a longer tool to help place the cube inside.  Unfortunately, the neck got a little scratched from the tools.

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Cube #1

 

I found this coffee collector in a thrift store.  From the bottom, it is made by Yama.  As a non-coffee drinker, this may be my first piece of coffee equipment I own, besides the coffee filters used for stock filtering.  There is a lot of extra room, but not enough to fit another cube inside.

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Cube #0

The original Cube in a Jar.  

About a decade ago, I built a small model and thought that I could put it inside something glass a la a ship-in-a-bottle.  That first model, and many more afterwards, found their way into various glass Christmas ornaments.  After a while, I found this square glass jar that was perfect for cube puzzles.  That became the basis for my original Cube in a Jar.

After the first one, I started putting them in other containers as well.  And now I feel like putting cubes into all sorts of jars.

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