Screw-top glass jar (Mason jar)
Tarro de cierre de rosca (Mason jar)
- Date
- 1858 · confidence high
- Place
- New York City, United States
- Credited to
- John Landis Mason
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
A glass jar with a threaded metal lid and rubber seal that allows preserves to be sterilised at home and kept airtight. It popularised domestic canning of fruit and vegetables.
What it led to
- home and commercial canning of fruit and vegetables
- reusable glass jars for domestic use
- airtight glass packaging in the food industry