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Jar

Object number2018.126.11 a,b

Retailer H. J. Heinz Company (founded 1888)

Manufacturer Owens-Illinois Glass Company

OriginClarion, PA

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumGlass; Paper; Adhesive; Ink; Metal; Paint

Credit LineGift of The Kraft Heinz Company

DescriptionColorless glass chicken soup base jar, including a colorless jar and white metal lid. Colorless glass jar has a circular base with a cylindrical body and an open, circular mouth with raised grooves around the rim. Bottom edge of the body has raised manufacturing text, and bottom of base is textured and has a raised maker's mark. Yellow and off-white paper label with retailer text wrapped around body of jar; label features a drawing of a white chicken outlined in red. Jar holds one pound and is empty. White painted metal lid is circular, and the top half of the sides are ribbed. There are raised grooves around the sides. Faint number stamped in black ink on top.DimensionsHeight x Diameter (a,b): 4.25 x 3.375 in. (10.8 x 8.6 cm)
Height x Diameter (a): 4.188 x 3.313 in. (10.6 x 8.4 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 0.5 x 3.375 in. (1.3 x 8.6 cm)
Marks(a) Retailer text on label: "[red keystone logo with white text] HEINZ / 57 / [chicken drawing] / [red text] CHICKEN / [blue text] Soup / Base / [ingredients] / 1 LB. NET WT. / 454 GRAMS / MANUFACTURED / IN U.S.A. BY / H. J. HEINZ CO. / PITTSBURGH, PA. / UH-376 / [red keystone logo] / [instructions on how to use chicken soup base]".

(a) Raised maker's mark on bottom of base: "I [in an oval]".

(a) Raised manufacturing information on bottom of base: "17 / [maker's mark] / 8 / 3".

(a) Raised manufacturing text around bottom edge of body: "Duraglas / Duraglas / L-27u7".

(b) Black ink number stamped on top of lid: "[illegible] 00588".
Historical NotesHeinz Chicken Soup Base, 1 lb. glass jar. Part of a collection of items from the Heinz Company that were previously on long term loan, with some on display in the Heinz exhibition that opened in 2014.

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