Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1964.027.007 |
Object Name |
Jar, Bell |
Title |
Victorian Bell Jar (Dome) |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Year Range from |
1870 |
Year Range to |
1910 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
One tall glass globe (dome) or bell jar with small glass ball/ lift handle on top. The colourless glass allows one to see whatever was formerly placed inside it. |
Provenance |
Unknown manufacturer. Probably a 19th-century piece. Owned by George Webster Butchart, who resided in Owen Sound, Grey County, for much of his lifetime. |
Collection |
Household Equipment, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Glass |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Butchart, George Webster |
Function |
Protection for a statuette, art piece or a natural history specimen. |