Engineering:Kilner jar
A Kilner jar is a rubber-sealed, glass jar used for preserving (bottling) food. It was first produced in 1900 by John Kilner & Co., Yorkshire, England .[1][2][3]
History
The Kilner Jar was originally invented by John Kilner (1792–1857) and associates,[4] and made by a firm of glass bottlemakers from Yorkshire called Kilner which he set up.[5] The original Kilner bottlemakers operated from 1842, when the company was first founded, until 1937, when the company went into liquidation.
In 2003,[6] The Rayware Group purchased the Ravenhead name, including the design, patent and trademark of the original Kilner jar[dubious ] and continues to produce them today in China.[7] [8]
A Kilner jar from no later than 1928
The open jar
Company names
The various names of the Kilner companies were:
- John Kilner and Co, Castleford, Yorkshire, 1842–44
- John Kilner and Sons, Wakefield, Yorkshire, 1847–57
- Kilner Brothers Glass Co, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, 1857–73 also at Conisbrough, Yorkshire, 1863–1873
- Kilner Brothers Ltd, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire 1873–1920 also at Conisbrough, Yorkshire, 1873–1937.
See also
- Mason jar
- Weck jar
- Fowler's Vacola jar
- Food preservation
- Home canning
- Screw cap
- Sterilisation
References
- ↑ Grace's Guides: The Best of British Engineering – Kilner Brothers, Grace's Guide, 5 February 2008, (Accessed May 2011)
- ↑ Shephard, Sue (2001) Pickled, potted, and canned: how the art and science of food preserving changed the world, Simon & Schuster
- ↑ Wagstaffe, Reginald and John Havelock Fidler (eds) (1968) The Preservation of Natural History Specimens. Volume Two – Zoology – Vertebrates. Also Botany & Geology. H. F. & G. Witherby. London
- ↑ "John Kilner – Graces Guide". Graces Guide. 26 Jun 2020. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Kilner. Retrieved 7 Aug 2022.
- ↑ BBC, WDYTYA? Series One: Celebrity Gallery, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s1_celeb_gallery_04.shtml
- ↑ http://ravenhead.co.uk/the-ravenhead-story "in 2003 The Rayware Group acquired the Ravenhead name, including Kilner jar, a subsidiary of Ravenhead" Accessed January 2017.
- ↑ Why we love the Kilner jar, Homemaker Magazine, http://homemakermagazine.co.uk/why-we-love-the-kilner-jar
- ↑ "Kilner Glass Drink Dispenser | Party Beverage Jar". http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/jump/productDetail/Catalog/Kitchen/Dishes_%26_Glassware/Kilner_Drink_Dispenser/72048.
External links
- The Kilner Glass Companies [circular reference] by the Society for Historical Archaeology
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