Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Jar, Preserving |
Catalog Number |
1997.32.94 |
Maker |
Kerr |
Date |
ca. 1930 |
Material(s) |
Glass |
Dimensions |
H-3.5 Dia-2.65 inches |
Description |
This four ounce clear jelly preserving jar is made of machine cast glass. There is ribbed brim, straight smooth sides, and ribbed tapered base. A tinplate lid with no screw marks sits on top. |
Notes |
The donor, Tom Murphy, was born in 1919 and grew up on his family's 230 acre farm on Murphy Lane in Jefferson County. Tom moved to a farm in Oldham County in the 1950s, eventually retiring in the 1990s. These jelly jars were used by his grandmother, Harriette DuPont Murphy, his mother, Catherine Barbbee Murphy, and his wife, Mary "Bea" Murphy to preserve homemade fruit preserves and jellies. |
Collection |
Tom and Bea Murphy Collection |
People |
Kerr Murphy, Harry "Cot" DuPont, 1870-1945 Murphy, Tom Murphy, Isaac Thomas, 1827-1902 |
Subjects |
Glassware Preserving Fruit Farming Farms |
Search Terms |
Jefferson County (Ky.) Oldham County (Ky.) Kentucky Farming Food storage |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |