JAR
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COFFEE JAR
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- GLASS, METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P19930056002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COFFEE JAR
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- GLASS, METAL
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Height
- 20.5
- Length
- 16
- Width
- 16
- Description
- 1. GLASS JAR WITH ROUNDED RECTANGULAR BODY AND CIRCULAR MOUTH. 6 RIDGES AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE, EXCEPT ON ONE SIDE, WHICH IS SMOOTH. RECESSED BASE WITH "6"AND DIAMOND SHAPE (BARELY VISIBLE) EMBOSSED NEAR OUTER RIM. DECAL ON SMOOTH SIDE OF JAR, WITH PICTURE OF PERSON WEARING BLUE PANTS, A RED SCARF, AND A YELLOW SHIRT AND SOMBRERO. PERSON IS CARRYING BASKET OF FLOWERS, WITH CACTUS IN THE BACKGROUND. 2. METAL SCREW-ON LID, PAINTED WHITE. PAINT IS WORN AROUND EDGES, AND HAS SEVERAL SCRATCHES THROUGHOUT. 3. METAL SEALER WHICH FITS INSIDE LID. RAISED RIM. BRASS PLATING SCRATCHED CONSIDERABLY, ESPECIALLY PARTS WHICH CONTACT LID. GLUE FROM ADHESIVE TAPE (NOW HARDENED) AT TWO POINTS ALONG EDGE. 4. BLACK RUBBER WASHER. FITS ALONG RIM OF SEALER, BETWEEN JAR AND LID.
- Subjects
- CONTAINER
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- COFFEE WAS SOLD IN 3 LBS. LOTS. DONOR USED COFFEE AND RECYCLED THE CONTAINER USING IT AS A KITCHEN CANISTER, BOTH FOR ITS PRACTICAL USE AND ITS AESTHETIC VALUE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930056002
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-09
- Collection
- Museum
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