I have been finding two versions, does anybody have any information on the Wigginton "Mouse Exterminator" Glass Mouse "Trap"?

Colorless non-lead glass; mold-blown. Cylindrical shape with one end open and the other closed; ring near open end; V-shape indentation on one side of glass opposite bulge in other side; embossed on side, "MOUSE/EXTERMINATOR/MFG. & SOLD B/N.J. WIGGINTON/WINCHESTER, VA./PAT. JULY 30, 1918"; circular end is embossed with an illegible letter in a square perhaps a "C" or an "O". Patented as an Animal Exterminator, No. 1,274,123, filed Sept. 2, 1917, approved July 30, 1918. Inventor: Newton J. Wigginton, of Opequon, Virginia.

In picture #1, the open end has no rib or collar and is embossed on the top. Picture #2, open end has a rib or collar and is embossed on the bottom. They are different? My guess would be the one in picture #1 is the earlier model? Picture #2 maybe a modified/improved model, the glass seems heavier and the rib added for strength and durability? Is one version more collectable or more valuable than the other? Does it even matter?

I am no expert but I do know a bit about these. You are correct in the order they were made. Also there is a third model. It is made of plastic, and is called the MOUSE-ATERIA. The second picture is the most common. I would say the first model with the wire is worth $40 the second $35 and the plastic one $10-$15. You just don't see the first an third model very often. There is an article in the Traps magazine #186 June 2016.

bigmac2, thank you for the information. I have never heard of the plastic one!

also a Bu-Ro-Des orchard mouse destroyer which is glass.

Do you have a photo traphound? Add it to the thread if possible.

Patent US1579512

Here is a picture of one.

Thanks Don. Anyone have a photo of a Mouse Ateria to add??

Here is a Plastic one

I did picked up an Orchard Mouse Destroyer in the Trap Shed, $35 shipped. It is in pristine condition, something different too. I would like to see the Mouse Ateria also.

ddfen2, very cool thanks for posting!

Here is another hard to find glass trap Pines Roach trap with directions inside

That is an unusual trap for sure, can double as a salt shaker too! lol