"One of these things is not like the other"

 I have always liked the early western Jamaica Gingers. The variety of colors and variants is endless. In adding a recently dug McMillan & Kester to my line up of "jakes", I noticed a difference in two early examples. Maybe I have just not paid enough attention, but in comparing two "variant 1" McMillan Kester's, there is a definite difference in embossing. I believe the earliest variant dates to around 1865 or so, and the lighter greenish aqua example clearly has larger embossing...especially of the "ESS". The neck is shorter and it also has a fat squatty top which appears to be earlier than the ice blue example. Their bases are identical, being flat with a tiny dot in the center. If you study the embossing, there are several additional

differences.
 I guess the learning never stops, and most likely I am the last to figure this out. Ever notice? DM