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In 1858, a 26-year-old Mason patented threaded screw-top jars “such as are intended to be air and water-tight.” The earliest mason jars were made from transparent aqua glass, and are often...
A Mason jar, also known as a canning jar, preserves jar or fruit jar, is a glass jar used in home canning to preserve food. It was named after American tinsmith John Landis Mason , who patented it in 1858.
John Landis Mason invented the Mason Jar on November 30, 1858. In 1884, Ball Corporation began manufacturing glass home-canning jars, the product that established Ball as a household name and licensed Mason’s design. There are few everyday objects more iconic than the Ball Mason jar.
Even though Mason jars can be purchased at just about any store these days and have a multitude of uses, their creator, John L. Mason, didn't make any money off of them. He patented his invention in 1858 (at the age of just 26!), but the patent expired in 1879.
The Mason jar was invented by John Landis Mason, who filed his patent for “Improvement In Screw-Neck Bottles” on November 30, 1858. His invention was the first hermetically re-sealable glass jar and was intended to help improve food preservation and safety by providing an airtight storage container.
Its journey from a patented invention in 1858 by John Mason, who introduced the first canning jar with a screw top, to an everyday kitchen staple demonstrates the evolution of food preservation and home canning practices over the years.
The Mason jar has a threaded neck and screw-on lid that seals, patented by Scottish farmer John Landis Mason in 1858, reports Hilary Greenbaum and Dana Rubinstein for The New York Times. What...