Bottle, pickle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1931–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0070.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Matthews-Wells Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Guelph, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Clear colourless glass moulded with raised ridges on each side; flat bottom; short neck with threaded finish and straight lip.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.5 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 19.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Merchandising
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Mathews-Wells
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Guelph
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
The preserve was made by the compoany Matthew Wells co. Ltd, situated in Guelph, Ontario. - Function
-
A container used by food producer to preserve food and market it. - Technical
-
Glass jars replaced stoneware for food preservation in the 20th century. Commercial canning began in Canada around 1875 and provided food to consumers in urban settings as urbanisation increased considerably at the end of the 19th century in Canada. More and more people were leaving their rural places, to stay and work in cities. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's label:"SWEET/ GHERKIN/PICKLES/PICNIC/REGISTERED/MATTHEWS-WELLS CO. LTD./GUELPH •ONTARIO •/ •/CONTAINS 1/10 OF 1%/BENZOATE OF SODA/CONTENTS/ 28 OZ. NET".
- Missing
- Nothing missing.
- Finish
- Clear colourless glass moulded with raised ridges on each side; flat bottom; short neck with threaded finish and straight lip.
- Decoration
- Silver and white outline surrounding the label.
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Matthews-Wells Co. Ltd., Bottle, pickle, between 1931–1969, Artifact no. 2013.0070, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0070.001/
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