Kilner jar

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title: "Kilner jar" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["glass-jars", "canned-food", "food-storage-containers"] description: "British brand of home bottling jar" topic_path: "general/glass-jars" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilner_jar" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary British brand of home bottling jar ::

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A Kilner jar is a rubber-sealed, glass jar used for preserving (bottling) food. It was first produced by John Kilner & Co., Yorkshire, England.

History

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The Kilner Jar was originally invented by John Kilner (1792–1857) and associates, and manufactured by the Kilner glass bottlemakers company from Yorkshire, which he set up. The original Kilner bottlemakers operated from 1842, when the company was first founded, until 1937, when the company went into liquidation.

In 2003, The Rayware Group purchased the Ravenhead name, including Kilner jar (a subsidiary of Ravenhead) and continues to produce them today in China.

Image:Kilner 1928 closed.jpg|A Kilner jar from no later than 1928 Image:Kilner 1928 open.jpg|The open jar

Company names

The various names of the Kilner companies were:

• John Kilner and Co, Castleford, Yorkshire, 1842–1844
• John Kilner and Sons, Wakefield, Yorkshire, 1847–1857
• Kilner Brothers Glass Co, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, 1857–1873 also at Conisbrough, Yorkshire, 1863–1873
• Kilner Brothers Ltd, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire 1873–1920 also at Conisbrough, Yorkshire, 1873–1937.

References

References

1. [http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Kilner_Brothers Grace's Guides: The Best of British Engineering – Kilner Brothers], Grace's Guide, 5 February 2008, (Accessed May 2011)
2. Shephard, Sue (2001) ''Pickled, potted, and canned: how the art and science of food preserving changed the world'', [[Simon & Schuster]]
3. Wagstaffe, Reginald and John Havelock Fidler (eds) (1968) ''The Preservation of Natural History Specimens''. Volume Two – Zoology – Vertebrates. Also Botany & Geology. [[H. F. & G. Witherby]]. London
4. (26 June 2020). "John Kilner – Graces Guide". Graces Guide.
5. BBC, ''WDYTYA? Series One: Celebrity Gallery'', http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s1_celeb_gallery_04.shtml
6. http://ravenhead.co.uk/the-ravenhead-story {{Webarchive. link. (1 September 2018 "in 2003 The Rayware Group acquired the Ravenhead name, including Kilner jar, a subsidiary of Ravenhead" Accessed January 2017.)
7. Why we love the Kilner jar, Homemaker Magazine, http://homemakermagazine.co.uk/why-we-love-the-kilner-jar {{Webarchive. link. (8 December 2014)
8. "Kilner Glass Drink Dispenser {{pipe}} Party Beverage Jar".

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