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Object NamePreserving Jar with Lid

Maker Ball Brothers, Inc.

Made Fromnon-lead glass, wire

Date1950-1962

Techniquemold-blown, automatic machinery; lid pressed

SizeQuart; (a&b) H: 18.9 cm; (a) H: 17.5 cm, D: 10.1 cm

Accession Number79.4.183

Credit LineGift of Otto W. Hilbert

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; mold-blown, automatic machinery, lid pressed. (a) Square shape with rounded corners, smooth lip; two mold marks from lip to base, wire bail fits into holes in side of neck; neck embossed "WIRE SIDE"; side embossed "Ball" in script above "IDEAL/MADE IN U.S.A./E 6"; concentric circle and "E6" molded on base. (b) Pressed glass lid is dome shaped with two concentric circles around lug on top and "15" between circles.
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