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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0538.002

MANUFACTURER: Radium Health Products of Canada
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: jar lid or crock top
Patents: N/A
General Description: earthenware

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 5.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 19.5 cm
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: To cover and protect from contamination, evaporation, etc. contents of jar believed to have been used 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: No markings visible, save UHN catalogue no. :998.6.1" painted by hand in black ink on underside of rim.
Missing: Several small chips in lid result in areas of loss.
Finish: Beige-colour glazed earthenware lid has unfinished band [decorative element] encircling it.
Decoration: N/A

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Radium Health Products of Canada, Lid, circa 1920, Artifact no. 2002.0538, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0538.002/

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