Jar, Confectionery

Object number2009.45.2

Manufacturer Hazel-Atlas Glass Company (1902 - 1956)

Date1923-1964

Mediumglass; metal

Credit LineDawn Heilman & Paula Trzcianke

DescriptionColorless glass candy jar with steel screw-on lid.Dimensions5.5 x 3.125 x 3 in. (14 x 7.9 x 7.6 cm)
InscriptionsEmbossed on body, "Reymer's / PITTSBURGH".
Steel screw-on lid, blue, with gold print on top, "Reymer's / PITTSBURGH".
MarksEmbossed manufacturer's mark "A" below yet inside "H" / "2".
Historical NotesPart of collection of two glass Reymers’ candy jars. Established in Pittsburgh in 1846, Reymer and Brothers, Inc. eventually produced hundreds of kinds of candy and later, the famous “Blennd” lemon drink. They operated several stores in the area until the early 1960s, when it became a division of H.J. Heinz Co. Glass maker: Hazel-Atlas Glass Company, Wheeling, WV, started at Washington, PA and later plants included Clarksburg, WV; Zanesville, OH; Ada, OK; Montgomery, AL; Oakland, CA; Pomona, CA; and other locations. This mark was reportedly first used in 1923 and last used in 1964. The Hazel-Atlas Glass Company was formed in 1902 as a result of the merger of the Hazel Glass Company (started 1887) and the Atlas Glass Company (started 1896). Hazel-Atlas manufactured tremendous quantities of "depression" pressed glassware in a wide variety of patterns throughout the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. They also produced many of the white milk glass "inserts" used inside zinc fruit jar lids, as well as many types of milk glass cold cream jars and salve containers. Hazel-Atlas was also an important maker of a very large variety of bottles and jars for the commercial packaging industry; "Atlas" was the name brand of their most popular line of fruit jars for home canning. In 1957, Hazel-Atlas became a subsidiary of Continental Can Company. In 1964, ten of the twelve Hazel-Atlas Glass Company plants in operation were sold to Brockway Glass Company.

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