General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

earthenware; stainless steel (?)

Dimensions

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

Length

28.0 cm

Width

19.0 cm

Height

22.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Radium

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Presumably used in 1920s-1930s, and possibly later.

Canada

Made in Toronto, Ont. by Radium Health Products of Canada. Typical of containers designed, manufactured, sold and used in Canada for this purpose in 1920-1930s.

Function

Probably designed to contain and store water being treated with radium, for drinking.

Technical

Device popularized in 1920 -1930s as means of imparting "curative" properties of radon/radioactivity to drinking water for home/private consumption. Because radon cannot remain in water for any length of time before breaking down or escaping, jars like these were promoted as a means of 'making' radon-enriched water for drinking. The radon produced by the disk (.3) would dissolve overnight in the water filled jar.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"I/ RADIUM/ WATER" and "RADIUM HEATH PRODUCTS/ OF CANADA/ TORONTO, - ONT." printed in black ink on jar front. " TRADE-MARK/ "C & H"/ N.Y./ PAT'D MAR. 21-1911/ PAT'D SEPT. 4- 1917" incised in spout. UHN catalogue no. "998.6.1" printed by hand in black ink along lower rear edge of jar.

Missing

None.

Finish

Beige-colour glazed earthenware jar has silver metal (stainless steel ?] spout. Underside of jar (base) is not glazed.

Decoration

N/A