Can, maple syrup
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 26 oz/no handle
- DATE
- 1963–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2014.0302.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Pure maple syrup
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Ferrous metal
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
- 11.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 9.0 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Merchandising
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Taken from curatorial worksheet: The drawing on the cans comes from a painting at the Dominion & Grimm company. Since at least 1960, this painting has been the inspiration for the illustration used on cans sold by Dominion & Grimm up until today (2014). It is a popular can bought by maple syrup producers. The name Dominion &Grimm appears on the evaporator inside the sugar bush shack. - Function
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To contain and preserve maple syrup. - Technical
-
Taken from curatorial worksheet: Before this type of cans, maple syrup was contained in rectangular metal containers (gallon and half gallon) and cans with a different opening. Glass bottles were also used and are still used. In 2014, new pouches containers were put on the market to preserve and sell maple syrup. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Print reads: "PURE/ Maple Syrup/ 26 oz. avd. net", "MADE IN CANADA" and "D.G." in a lozenge. French print reads "26 OZ. NET AVD./ Sirop d'érable/ PUR", "FAIT AU CANADA" and "D.G." in a lozenge.
- Missing
- Missing the lid.
- Finish
- Ferrous metal can with lithographed image that has white, blue, red and brown colours. Exterior of can is silver and interior is gold. (Lithograph as per company website)
- Decoration
- Image of a sugar shack, trees and a man collecting maple syrup from cans at the base of a tree.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Can, maple syrup, between 1963–1970, Artifact no. 2014.0302, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0302.002/
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