General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

7

Total Parts

7

AKA

Jar handler box

Patents

N/A

General Description

Heavy cardboard box

Dimensions

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

Length

20.9 cm

Width

12.0 cm

Height

24.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Food processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

China

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

New, never used or opened.

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

Box used to ship grips and once in the store, box can be taken apart and used to hold and display the grips for purchase.

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

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print on all sides of box "60528-10736/ 6[/]1/ Secure-Grip Hot Jar Handler/ Moufle à bocaux chauds Prise sécuritaire", "BERNARDIN [maple leaf logo, and trademarks]/ Secure-Grip/ Hot Jar Handler/ Moufle à bocaux chauds/ Prise sécuritaire/ A1325 [blue print] - 12524", there is a bar code with numbers "1 00 60528 10736 7". Below reads "THIS END UP/ CE COTE EN HAUT/ MADE IN CHINA/ FABRIQUE EN CHINE". Top of box "60528-10736/ 6[/]1/ Secure-Grip Hot Jar Handler/ Moufle à bocaux chauds Prise sécuritaire", "OPEN FROM BOTTOM; SLIDE OUT TRAY/ OUVRIR PAR LE BAS. PLATEAU AMOVIBLE". Bottom of box "[copyright logo]2012 Bernardin Ltd. All rights reserved[/] Tous droits reservés./ Distributed by [/] distribué par Bernardin Ltd., 88 B Beaver Creek, Unit/ 6, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 4W2./ Bernardin Ltd. is a subsidiary of/ est une/ filiale de Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH)./ Made in China . Fabriqué en Chine". Bottom of box has a recycling logo and "MADE IN CHINA".

Missing

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Finish

Exterior of box is a glossy white heavy cardboard box with black print. Interior is unfinished.

Decoration

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