General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood

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

10.0 cm

Height

11.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Memorabilia

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

China

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Take from acquistion proposal " Bernardin used to have a manufacturing plant in Toronto, Ontario manufacturing Gem/ mason jars, very popular especially it seems, on the Canadian prairies. The Gem/ jars are manufactured since the end of the 19th century. In 1993, the Bernardin compant joined with Ball company, the leader in mason jars manufacturing to form the Alltrista Cirooratopm, nowJarden Corporation. The manufacturing ceased in 2001 and moved to US except for the lids who at the request of Canadian consuers, are still being made in Canada for the Gem model. The Bernardin brand jas are for the Canadian market. Truck model was produced as a commemorative object to celelbrate the 100 anniversary of the first perfect Mason Jar in 1913 made by the Ball company. Blue jars wre also produced that year for the consumer karket as part of this commemoration, which we have a few examples in the collection. Truck model was donated to the CSTMC collection as part of a larger donation during the development of the Food Preservation exhbition at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum in 2014".

Function

Minature three-dimensional truck model to commemorate the 100th annioversary of the perferct Mason Jar in 1913 made by the Ball Company.

Technical

Taken from acquistion proposal " http://www.freshpreserving.com/products/heritage-collection - Over one hundred years ago, the Ball Brothers began desigining a series of revolutionary jars. In 1913, they released the first "Perfect Maspm"... In 2013, the one hundredth anniversary of the Perfect Mason," we honored the Ball brothers in beginning the Heritage Collection": vintage blue jars. ( http://www.nyfoodmuseum.org/_ptime.htm) - 1858: John Mason, tinsmith from New York city, designed and patented the first Mason jar. Made out of heavier weight glass than normal jars, these were developed to withstand the high temperatures necessary for processing pickles. He invented a machine that could cut threads into lids, which made it practical to manufacture a jar with a reusable, screw-on, lid. This was the difference between his design and predecessors, the sealing mechanism: a glass container with a thread molded into its top and a zinc lid with a rubber ring. The rubber created the seal, and the threaded lid maintained it. The jar included his patent: "Mason’s Patent November 30th. 1858." When the patent expired in 1879, manufacturers of such jars continued to use the term “Mason” on their product. Lucius Styles Ball, who started the Ball Brothers Company in the early 1890s, was one such inventor. Alfred Bernardin invented the first metal tops to be used in commerical canning in 1881. These two companies, Ball and Bernardin, joined forces as recently as 1993, to form the Alltrista Corporation (now Jarden Corp), is the largest producer of Mason jars today. Since 1993. the Corporation has been manufacturing the Ball glass canning jars. They also make Kerr, Bernardin and Goldern Harvest canning jars."

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

The box on the deck of the truck has text that reads on both sides: "BERNARDIN/ SINCE[/' DUPUIS 1881". Underneath on the bottom of the truck is a white label with text that reads: " This Hand-Crafted Item is desigined as a/ decorative piece. Under no circumstances/ should it be used as a toy./ Because it is/ assembled from many small components,/ it should be kept out of the reach of young/ children./ Made in China".

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Wooden truck wtih all wooden components. The front part of the truck deck along with the underside and the cab are all stained are darker brown. The fender and the outer components and hub caps of the truck are stained a blackish color. The grill and the head lights and parts of the wheel are stained a lightish brown. The box on the truck deck has a nuatrual wood finish.

Decoration

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