Kilner jar
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A Kilner jar is a rubber-sealed glass jar used for preserving food. It was first produced by John Kilner & Co., Yorkshire, England.
Kilner jar with rubber seal
A Kilner jar from no later than 1928
The open jar
Mason jar
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A Mason jar, also known as a canning jar, preserves jar or fruit jar, is a glass jar used in home canning to preserve food. It was named after American tinsmith John Landis Mason, who patented it in 1
Kilner jar
…Kilner Brothers Ltd, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire 1873–1920 also at Conisbrough, Yorkshire, 1873–1937. Mason jar Weck jar…
A collection of Mason jars filled with preserved foods
Nicolas Appert's jar
John Landis Mason, inventor of the Mason jar
Early closure style, zinc lid over glass liner