Kilner jar

A Kilner jar is a rubber-sealed glass jar used for preserving (bottling) food. It was first produced by John Kilner & Co., Yorkshire, England.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 & SchusterWagstaffe, 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

History

The Kilner Jar was invented by John Kilner (1792–1857) and associates and manufactured by the Kilner glass bottlemakers company from Yorkshire, which he set up.BBC, WDYTYA? Series One: Celebrity Gallery, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s1_celeb_gallery_04.shtml The original Kilner bottlemakers operated from 1842, when the company was first founded, until 1937, when the company went into liquidation.

In 2003,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. The Rayware Group purchased the Ravenhead name, including Kilner jar (a subsidiary of Ravenhead), and continues to produce them today in China.Why we love the Kilner jar, Homemaker Magazine, http://homemakermagazine.co.uk/why-we-love-the-kilner-jar

Company names The various names of the Kilner companies were: John Kilner and Co, Castleford, Yorkshire, 1842–1844 John Kilner and Sons, Wakefield, Yorkshire, 1847–1857 Kilner Brothers Glass Co, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, 1857–1873 also at Conisbrough, Yorkshire, 1863–1873 Kilner Brothers Ltd, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire 1873–1920 also at Conisbrough, Yorkshire, 1873–1937.

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