Name/Title
Lifter, JarDescription
Canning tool made in 2 parts; handles look & operate much like a set of pliers; other part is circular band of flexible iron w/notches on it to catch nipples on top section of handles.
Used during canning of garden produce; ring fit over metal lid of canning jar, handles squeezed shut tighted ring and allowed housewife to handle hot jars & secure lids.
May have belonged to Horatio Davis, A Morristown School Teacher, but no documentation.Collection
Leon DavisAcquisition
Accession
1989.018Source or Donor
Leon DavisAcquisition Method
DonationMade/Created
Notes
Date: Mid 20th centuryCreate Date
July 18, 2002Update Date
April 29, 2006