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OBJECT TYPE: screw top
DATE: 1931–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2013.0070.002

MANUFACTURER: Matthews-Wells Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Its metal with a white painted top; silver edging and silver interior with a brown paper liner inside the lid.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 1.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 20.7 cm
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: It is used to seal in the contents of the jar.
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: None.
Missing: Nothing missing.
Finish: Its metal with a white painted top; silver edging and silver interior with a brown paper liner inside the lid.
Decoration: None.

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Matthews-Wells Co. Ltd., Lid, between 1931–1969, Artifact no. 2013.0070, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0070.002/

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