Jar
Category
Glass
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass and paper
Measurements
195 mm (Height); 95 mm (Diameter)
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 741033
Caption
The family made and sold preserves through their shop. William Jr continued the tradition of preserving fruit later in life with the many jars throughout the family home. This Kilner jar from 1974 once contained Williams’ Bon Chretien, or "Williams' good Christian” a traditional pyriform "pear shape,", with a rounded bell on the bottom half of the fruit, and then a definite shoulder with a smaller neck or stem end. The name would have appealed to William, both the “William” and “Bon Chretien” are appropriate for the Straw family. This was one of several varieties grown in the orchard. The Kilner Glassworks was founded by John Kilner in 1842 in Thornhill Lees, West Yorkshire, making bottles and apothecary items. The company passed to Kilner’s four sons on his death and continued to be hugely successful, even accepting an award at The Great Exhibition in 1862 for innovation in glassmaking. It wasn’t until 1900 that Kilner produced its first jar with its famous patented vacuum seal. But in the first decades of the 20th century, competition in the industry saw Kilner suffer and eventually in 1937 the company went bankrupt and the patents and were sold to United Glass Bottle Manufacturers.
Summary
Empty glass jar with grooves for screw lid. Printed paper label with a green border and a white text box, in which 'WILLIAM PEARSSEPT. 1974'. has been handwritten. In the green border at the base of the label is white printed text which says'BOTTLED WITH A SNAP PATENT VACUUM CLOSURE' 'SNAP PATENT VACUUM CLOSURE' is printed in an upside-down triangular-shaped logo in the lower-right corner. The triangle is pink. 'SNAP' is printed in white text. 'PATENT VACUUM' is printed in black text. 'CLOSURE' is printed in red text in a white rectangle below the triangle.Raised glass lettering on back of jar:'THE KILNERJARIMPROVED REGD'
Marks and inscriptions
On front of jar: Printed paper label with a green border and a white text box, in which 'WILLIAM PEARSSEPT. 1974'. has been handwritten. In the green border at the base of the label is white printed text which says'BOTTLED WITH A SNAP PATENT VACUUM CLOSURE' 'SNAP PATENT VACUUM CLOSURE' is printed in an upside-down triangular-shaped logo in the lower-right corner. The triangle is pink. 'SNAP' is printed in white text. 'PATENT VACUUM' is printed in black text. 'CLOSURE' is printed in red text in a white rectangle below the triangle. On back of jar: 'THE KILNERJARIMPROVED REGD'