Fruit jar for home canning
- Description
- The Ball jar is emblematic of American home-canning history. This quart-sized, molded, "Ball blue" glass jar was manufactured by the Ball Brothers Company of Muncie, Indiana. It has a glass lid with a wire bail closure. The phrase "PAT'D July 14, 1908" is stamped on the jar, indicating the patent date for the particular fastening location of the jar's wire locking lever. The "Ideal" design was discontinued in 1962. The Ball brothers began manufacturing fruit jars in 1884; in 1993, Ball Corporation sold its home canning business to Alltrista (now Jarden) Corporation.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar, fruit
- maker
- Ball Brothers
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- wire (overall material)
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Muncie
- ID Number
- AG*76-FT-01.1419
- accession number
- 322793
- catalog number
- 76-FT-01.1419
- collector/donor number
- 4656
- subject
- Food
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- Work and Industry: Food Technology
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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