Canning Jar

Ceramic

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Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Canning Jar

Entry/Object ID

0001.002

Description

glazed on inside (dark) and outside (light)

Use

food preservation, canning

Context

"I find this item interesting, because it is a typical part of the food preservation process used by Mennonites." - Norman Blosser Coffman

Collection

Blosser Collection

Cataloged By

Lois B. Bowman/Esther Bittinger

Category

Household, Kitchenware

Acquisition

Accession

0001

Source or Donor

Norman Blosser and Petrea (Ziemke) Coffman

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1865

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

FOOD PROCESSING T&E

Category

04--T&E FOR MATERIALS

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Diameter

8 in

Material

Clay, Salt Glaze

Color

Blue, Gray, Black

Location

Room

Pink Room

Building

Weaver-Brunk Log House

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2026.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Mar 2, 2026

Inventory Project

INV2025.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Jul 19, 2025

Inventory Project

INV2009.1

Inventoried Date

May 9, 2009

Inventory Project

INV2008.1

Inventoried Date

Sep 4, 2008

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Overall Condition

Very Good

Date Examined

Jul 19, 2025

Provenance

Notes

Jonas and Margaret (Burkholder) Blosser, inherited by Jonas H. Blosser, then Naomi (Blosser) Coffman, then Norman Blosser Coffman

Created By

SRJ

Create Date

July 26, 2006

Updated By

info@brethrenmennoniteheritage.org

Update Date

March 3, 2026