Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1971.120.007ab |
Object Name |
Jar, Preserving |
Title |
PERFECT SEAL Fruit Sealer |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
20th-century |
Artist |
Dominion Glass Company |
Made |
Dominion Glass Company? |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
PERFECT SEAL half-gallon-sized preserving jar (fruit sealer) and its lid (a&b). It is made of pressed colourless glass, and has a thick wire fastener for the glass sealer lid. "PERFECT SEAL" embossed wording, as well as the shield-shaped trademark. |
Provenance |
Unknown. Last owned by Stanley and Islay Michael (neé Brigham), of #RR 6 Owen Sound (on a farm in Sydenham Township, Grey County). May have belonged to his parents Francis Edgar Michael and Mary Jane Michael (neé Hodgson), previously. |
Collection |
Food Processing Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Glass/Wire |
Found |
Sydenham Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Michael, Stanley |
Function |
A reusable glass container that would be sterilized in boiling hot water and then filled with sterilized cooked food (e.g. stewed fruit, tomatoes, pickles, relish). It would then be hermetically sealed using a glass sealer lid, and a zinc ring, and this would preserve the food until the jar was opened. Once opened, the food had to be eaten promptly before spoilage occurred. "Home canning" was often done in the 20th-century. This is a half gallon capacity jar. |