Presto Supreme Mason

Object/Artifact

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Lacey Museum

85.53 Lid From Top: Copyright: Lacey Museum; Origformat: Artifact
85.53 Lid From Top

Copyright: Lacey Museum; Origformat: Artifact

Name/Title

Presto Supreme Mason

Entry/Object ID

85.53

Description

Clear glass Presto one-pint canning jar. The jar is square with rounded corners so that it is almost cylindrical. It has screw threads at the top, and has a brass ring screwed on so as to secure a lid that is made of clear glass with a red rubber seal that meets the jar lip. The mold seams extend from a horizontal seam on the side but very near the bottom up to but not over the lip. Besides the seam near the bottom there is a horizontal mold seam where the top meets the base. Embossed on the side: "Presto Supreme Mason" "Duraglas" "D75". On the bottom: "Owens Illinois Glass Company" "7". Also on the bottom is embossed a diamond shaped logo. On the glass lid: "Presto". Duraglas was the proprietary name for a process used by the Owens-Illinois Glass Company where the surface of the hot, just produced bottles, were sprayed on the body, shoulder, and neck (not base or the top of the finish) with a stannic chloride vapor that allowed the tin to bond to the outer surface and providing scratch resistance and durability to the bottles.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Owens Illinois Glass Company

Date made

1940 - 1956

Notes

Date: 1940-mid-1950s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Manufacturer's Mark

Location

On the side, lid & bottom

Transcription

On the side: "Presto Supreme Mason" "Duraglas" "D75" On the bottom: "Owens Illinois Glass Company" "7" On the lid: "Presto"

Language

English

Material/Technique

Embossed

Lexicon

Search Terms

Food Preparation, Domestic Life

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

2-3/4 in

Depth

2-3/4 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

http://www.sha.org/pdffiles/OLogoTable.pdf http://www.sha.org/bottle/glossary.htm (search "Duraglas")