General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

4

Total Parts

4

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Cardboard

Dimensions

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

Length

36.5 cm

Width

36.8 cm

Height

26.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Food processing

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

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State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

New, never used

Canada

Reference 5: Worksheet for 2014.0011 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 company joined with Ball company, the leader in mason jars manufacturing to form the Alltrista Corporation, now Jarden Corporation. The manufacturing ceased in 2001 and moved to US except for the lids who at the request of Canadian consumers, are still being made in Canada for the Gem model.

Function

Used to store and ship the canning starter kit.

Technical

Reference 5: Worksheet for 2014.0011 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 commercial 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 Golden Harvest canning jars.

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

Front and one side of box “Bernardin TM[/]MC [logo of a maple leaf]/ 60528/ 03000/ HOME CANNING STARTER KIT/ all the tools you need to start canning . . . . . in one kit!/ Contents: Canning rack/ Bubble remover/ & head space gauge/ Jar funnel/ Magnetic lid lifter/ Jar lifter/ Original pectin/ 4-236 ml jars/ Seasonal recipes/ Home Canning/ How To’s DVD”. Other two sides of box are in French “Bernardin TM[/]MC [logo of a maple leaf]/ 60528/ 03000/ NECESSAIRE DE MISE EN CONSERVE/ tous les outils qu’il faut pour commencer. . . dans un seul emballage !/ CONTENU : Support/ outils pour retirer les/ bulles d’air et mesurer/ l’espace libre/ entonnoir/ baguette magnétique/ pinces pour bocaux/ pectine Originale/ 4 bocaux de 236 ml/ recettes saisonnières de mise/ en conserve.”. There is a bar code on one of the French sides and on the bottom with number “0 60528 03000 2”. There is also on the bottom of the box “Bernardin TM[/]MC [logo of a maple leaf]/ HOME CANNING STARTER KIT/ NECESSAIRE DE MISE EN CONSERVE/ 60528/ 03000”. Print on one of the top tabs “Bernardin TM[/]MC [logo of a maple leaf]/ HOME CANNING STARTER KIT/ all the tools you need to start canning . . . . . in one kit!/ tous les outils qu’il faut pour commencer. . . dans un seul emballage !/ NECESSAIRE DE MISE EN CONSERVE”. Print on the other tab has a description of the contents of the box with accompanying images. Print below www.bernardin.ca/ TOLL FREE [/] SANS FRAIS 1-888-430-4231, “Packaged in [/] Emballe au Canada”, “[copyright logo] Bernardin Ltd. All rights reserved [/] tous droits reserves. Distributed by distribute par Bernardin Ltd. P.O. Box 1500-1271, Toronto ON M9C 4V5./ Bernardin is a subsidiary of [/] est une filiale de Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH). SNAP LIDS [registered]/ closures seal when with Bernardin home canning/ techniques. Les couvercles SNAP LIDS md forment un sceau hermétique quand on utilise les techniques de mise en conserve domestique de Bernardin.”

Missing

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Finish

Heavy cardboard box. Finish is semi-glossy, with green hues, black, green and white print. There are several photographs of the canning kit on every box side.

Decoration

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