Jar, cheese
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1892–1919
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2015.0613.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- MacLaren’s Imperial Cheese
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- An object comprised of ceramic material/Un objet fait avec des éléments en céramique.
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
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- 8.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Dairying
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This artifact was used both by the donor, and the donor's father as a display piece in their home between the 1960's and 2015.
- Canada
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The donor’s father was a dairy scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food for some 41 years. He collected old items related to dairying, and these items ended up with the donor upon his passing. He would go antique shopping in the Gananoque region of Ontario as well as trade some of his old clothing items. His exchanges were quite often for antique bottles found across the northern part of Leeds County. The donor further bolstered the collection with antiques from the eastern Townships in his quest to recreate a general store set in the 1890s in his basement in the Glebe neighborhood of Ottawa. Le père du donateur était un scientifique des produits laitiers qui travaillait pour le ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation de l'Ontario pour plus de 41 ans. Il a collectionné des artefacts qui correspondaient à son métier. Son fils a contribué à la collection en magasinant pour des antiques dans la région de Gananoque en Ontario. Il a aussi augmenté la collection en échangeant ces vêtements usagés contre des bouteilles antiques retrouvé au travers Leeds Compté. Le but de ces acquisitions était pour créer un magasin général situé dans les années 1890-s dans son sous-sol à Ottawa. Dernièrement le donateur a aussi amélioré la collection avec des objets qu'il a achetés qui appartenaient de la région des Cantons de L'Est. - Function
-
This cheese jar was used to conserve cheese while serving as a commercial packaging for the product. Ce pot de fromage était utilisé pour conserver le fromage et servir d’emballage commercial pour la vente du produit. - Technical
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This cheese jar represents one of the first commercially sold cheeses that had been successfully transformed and mass produced. It was a Canadian product that was created by Alexander Ferguson MacLaren. It rose in popularity until the company was eventually bought out in 1920 by the J.L. Kraft and Brothers Company. Ce pot est un exemple du premier fromage transformé qui étais vendu de façon commerciale. Il s’agit d’un produit canadien conçu par Alexander Ferguson MacLaren. Ce produit sera très populaire. Sa compagnie fut achetée par J.L. Kraft and Brothers Company en 1920. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On the bottom of the jar/En dessous du pot de fromage:"MACLAREN'S IMPERIAL CHEESE/TRADE/MARK/R.C.S.D.".
- Missing
- Appears complete/L'objet parait compléte.
- Finish
- A cylindrical artifact made of a white coloured porcelain. It has a raised lip that travels around the circumference of the top of the jar. Under the jar is lettering to note the manufacturers mark. Un artefact fait en forme cylindrique qui est faite en porcelaine de couleur blanche. Il a une lèvre soulevée qui voyage sur la circonférence du dessus le pot de formage. En dessous du pot il y a un lettrage pour noter le nom du manufacturier.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Jar, cheese, between 1892–1919, Artifact no. 2015.0613, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2015.0613.001/
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