Jar, food-storage

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OBJECT TYPE: FRUIT/SMALL/SCREW TOP/16 OZ
DATE: 1962
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0140.001

MANUFACTURER: Consumers Glass Co. Ltd.
MODEL: CORONA
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 14
AKA: Mason Jar
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 TO.12 GLASS AND METAL/.13 CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: 8.2 cm
Height: 13.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Food processing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Consumers
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: TYPE OF CONTAINER MASS PRODUCED IN CANADA AND USED IN CANADIAN HOMES
Function: TO PRESERVE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Technical: MASS PRODUCTION WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE INVENTION OF THE OWENS MACHINE IN 1903. HOME CANNING BECAME POPULAR IN 1858 WITH THE INVENTION OF JOHN MASON'S PATENTED ZINC SCREW CAP AND RUBBER RING FOR CANNING JARS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 EMBOSSED ON JAR READS: "MADE IN CANADA/ CROWN/ [EMBOSSED CROWN]/ PT/ IMPERIAL"/ EMBOSSED ON LID READS: "MADE IN CANADA/ [EMBOSSED CROWN]/ 55"/ ON BOTTOM READS: "[D IN LOZENGE]/ 1935"/.2 TO.12 ON JAR READS: "IMPROVED/ CORONA/ JAR/ MADE IN CANADA"/ ON LID READS: "MADE IN/ CORONA/ CANADA"/ ON BOTTOM READS: "CORONA/ TRADEMARK REG'D"/.13 PRINT ON BOX READS: ":CORONA/ TRADEMARK REG'D/ JARS/ CONSUMERS GLASS/ COMPANY LIMITED/ MONTREAL/ [C IN TRIANGLE]/ ONE DOZEN SMALL"
Missing: 001 - 005, 007 - 009, 012: No 006, 010 - 011: Missing rubber ring
Finish: .1 TO.12 CLEAR GLASS/UNFINISHED METAL/.13 BROWN CARDBOARD BOX WITH RED AND BLUE PRINT
Decoration: .1 TO.12 EMBOSSED PRINT

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Consumers Glass Co. Ltd., Jar, food-storage, before 1962, Artifact no. 2001.0140, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0140.001/

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