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Jar

Object number2018.126.18 a,b

Retailer H. J. Heinz Company (founded 1888)

Manufacturer Brockway Glass Company

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumGlass; Paper; Adhesive; Ink; Metal; Applied decoration

Credit LineGift of The Kraft Heinz Company

DescriptionColorless glass cocktail onion jar and red metal lid. Colorless glass jar has a circular base with a cylindrical body and an open, circular mouth with raised grooves around the sides. Bottom has a foot and raised manufacturing information. There is an off-white paper label that wraps around the top of the body with retailer information. Jar is three and half ounces and empty. Two seams on the sides, and one seam around the bottom. Red metal lid is circular and has a black ink stamped manufacturing number on top. Four tabs around the rim.DimensionsHeight x Diameter (a,b): 4.75 x 1.75 in. (12.1 x 4.4 cm)
Height x Diameter (a): 4.688 x 1.75 in. (11.9 x 4.4 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 0.313 x 1.75 in. (0.8 x 4.4 cm)
Marks(a)
Off-white label with retailer information on front and back of jar: "[red keystone logo with white text] 57 / [red text] HEINZ / [dark green text] IMPORTED / Cocktail / [red text] ONIONS [dark green Kosher symbol] / [ingredients] / [dark green text] MANUFACTURED / IN U.S.A. BY / H. J. HEINZ CO. / PITTSBURGH, PA."

Raised maker's mark on bottom of jar: "B [in a circle]".

Raised manufacturing information on bottom of jar: "0 / [maker's mark] / H-331 / 2 / A".

(b)
Black ink manufacturing information stamped on top of lid: "[illegible]WD1252".
Historical NotesHeinz Cocktail Onions, 3.5 oz glass jar. Part of a collection of items from the Heinz Company.

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