N° d'objet
87/5/1-8
Créateur
Description
Eight lacquered metal lids of various sizes for preserving jars, used by the donor's mother in the 1920s. Four of the lids have an extra rim and were used for vacuum bottles manufactured by Fowler, Lee and Co. Ltd., a fruit, vegetable and game bottling appliance manufacturing company based in Reading.
Description physique
8 preserving jar lids: lacquered metal; fair condition
Historique d'archive
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: LACQUERED COVERS / JAR LIDS // Accession number: 87/5/1–8 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 17.2.87 // Description: Lacquered metal covers for vacuum bottles. // (1) 3 small lids – maker’s name not clear 2½lb? 6.0 cm diameter // (2) 4 lids – probably Fowler Lee bottles. 6.5 cm diameter (2½ in. for No. 18 & 26 bottles) // (3) 1 lid – no name 7.0 cm diameter // The lids for Fowler Lee bottles have an extra rim. The others are simple caps with no rim. // Dimensions: // Associated information: Used by [the donor’s] mother with preserving jars // References: TR MRL (Add) ‘Fowler’s Fruit Vegetable and Game Bottling Outfits’ p.1.'
Lieu de création
Reading
Nom d'objet
Matériel
