Object number
71/210
Exhibition
Description
Glass jar with a metal lid and a slightly narrowed neck. Used for storing food. Inscribed: 'MASON IMPROVED', 'MADE IN USA'.
This is a glass jar with a metal lid and a slightly narrowed neck. The jar was used for storing food. It also has the inscription 'MASON IMPROVED' // 'MADE IN USA'.
Physical description
1 jar and lid: glass, metal
Label Text
PRESERVING JARS, RUBBER RINGS AND STERILIZER. This Sterilizer was used in the kitchen to clean jars and bottles. Inside the tinned container there is a stand, lid and a holder for a thermometer. It was manufactured by a fruit, vegetable and game-bottling appliance manufacturing company based in Reading. This sterilizer and some of the jars were last used in the 1920s by the donor’s mother before being donated. These jars were used to store jam and preserve fruit. The rubber rings were used to help seal the jars. MERL 71/210, 87/7/2, 87/8/2, 87/4, 87/1/1-3.
Production place
United States of America
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_12056.tif - High resolution image
