Object number
87/3/1-7
Description
Steel spring clips for preserving jars, used by the donor's mother in the 1920s for preserving food. Each clip is a slightly different shape and size. Five of the seven clips appear to be those of Fowler, Lee and Co. Ltd., a fruit, vegetable and game bottling appliance manufacturing company based in Reading.
Physical description
7 spring clips: metal (steel); good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: SPRING CLIPS // Accession number: 87/3/1–88 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 17.2.87 // Description: Steel spring clips for preserving jars. Various sizes [5, 4¼, 3½, 3¼, 2¾ inches] // Dimensions: [insert] Best selection kept. Rust/damaged ones thrown. Robin/Will Aug 2004 [end insert] // Associated information: For use with preserving jars. Styles 1–5 look like Fowler clips but 6&7 are different. // Used by [the donor’s] mother. // References: TR MRL (Add) ‘Fowler’s Fruit Vegetable and Game Bottling Outfits’ p.2.'
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