A Kilner jar is a rubber-sealed, screw-topped
jar used for preserving (bottling) food. It was first produced by John Kilner & Co.,
Yorkshire
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England
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History
The Kilner Jar was originally invented by John Kilner (1792-1857) and associates, and made by a firm of glass bottlemakers from Yorkshire called Kilner which he set up. The original Kilner bottlemakers operated from 1842, when the company was first founded, until 1937, when the company went into liquidation.
In 2003, The Rayware Group purchased the
Ravenhead name, including the design, patent and trademark of the original Kilner jar and continues to produce them today in China.
A more detaile
history of the companies by the Society for Historical Archeology is available, but care should be taken in its referencing.
Other
In an episode of the
BBC's ''
Who Do You Think You Are?'', the former
''Top Gear'' television presenter
Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster, journalist, game show host and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes '' Top Gear'' and '' The Grand Tour'' alongside R ...
found out that he is a great-great-great-great grandson of John Kilner.
[Jeremy Clarkson, ''Who Do You Think You are Magazine'' (2009) http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/jeremy-clarkson (Accessed Jan 2014)]
Company names
The various names of the Kilner companies were:
*John Kilner and Co,
Castleford
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins th ...
, Yorkshire, 1842–44
*John Kilner and Sons,
Wakefield
Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...
, Yorkshire, 1847–57
*Kilner Brothers Glass Co,
Thornhill Lees
Thornhill Lees is a district of Dewsbury, which is a town within the borough of Kirklees in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The district lies to the south of Dewsbury Town Centre, between Savile Town and Thornhill. Thornhill Lees is ser ...
, Yorkshire, 1857–73 also at
Conisbrough
Conisbrough () is a town within the City of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is roughly midway between Doncaster and Rotherham, and is built alongside the River Don at . It has a ward population (Conisbrough and Denaby) of 14,333.
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, Yorkshire, 1863–1873
*Kilner Brothers Ltd, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire 1873–1920 also at Conisbrough, Yorkshire, 1873–1937.
See also
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Mason jar
A Mason jar, also known as a canning jar or fruit jar, is a glass jar used in home canning to preserve food. It was named after American tinsmith John Landis Mason, who patented it in 1858. The jar's mouth has a screw thread on its outer perime ...
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Weck jar
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Fowler's Vacola jar
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Food preservation
Food preservation includes processes that make food more resistant to microorganism growth and slow the oxidation of fats. This slows down the decomposition and rancidification process. Food preservation may also include processes that inhibit ...
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Home canning
Home canning or bottling, also known colloquially as putting up or processing, is the process of preserving foods, in particular, fruits, vegetables, and meats, by packing them into glass jars and then heating the jars to create a vacuum seal and ...
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Screw cap
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Sterilisation
References
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Glass jars
Canned food
Food storage containers