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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The Kilner Jar was originally invented by John Kilner (1792–1857) and associates,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> and manufactured by the Kilner glass bottlemakers company from Yorkshire, which he set up.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The original Kilner bottlemakers operated from 1842, when the company was first founded, until 1937, when the company went into liquidation. </p><p>In 2003,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The Rayware Group purchased the <a href="/facts/Ravenhead_Glass/RVaelmgy">Ravenhead</a> name and continues to produce them today in China.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="company-names">Company names</h2> <p>The various names of the Kilner companies were: </p> <ul><li>John Kilner and Co, <a href="/facts/Castleford/b807wb5n">Castleford</a>, Yorkshire, 1842–1844</li> <li>John Kilner and Sons, <a href="/facts/Wakefield/dYtswDes">Wakefield</a>, Yorkshire, 1847–1857</li> <li>Kilner Brothers Glass Co, <a href="/facts/Thornhill_Lees/9WNKgEVA">Thornhill Lees</a>, Yorkshire, 1857–1873 also at <a href="/facts/Conisbrough/W427v4G2">Conisbrough</a>, Yorkshire, 1863–1873</li> <li>Kilner Brothers Ltd, Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire 1873–1920 also at Conisbrough, Yorkshire, 1873–1937.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Food portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mason_jar/wmgjDbN1">Mason jar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Weck_jar/DEp0xY5j">Weck jar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fowler%27s_Vacola/rtq0aTsh">Fowler's Vacola jar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Food_preservation/6vkwko5H">Food preservation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Home_canning/Dq3RDRlP">Home canning</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Screw_cap/XKPF3tDK">Screw cap</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sterilization_(microbiology)/ajVXFl7a">Sterilisation</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.kilnerjar.co.uk/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/KilnerGlass.pdf">The Kilner Glass Companies</a> [<i>circular reference</i>] by the <a href="/facts/Society_for_Historical_Archaeology/Nj0E6NoR">Society for Historical Archaeology</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Grace's Guides: The Best of British Engineering – Kilner Brothers, Grace's Guide, 5 February 2008, (Accessed May 2011) <a href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Kilner_Brothers" target="_blank">http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Kilner_Brothers</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Shephard, Sue (2001) Pickled, potted, and canned: how the art and science of food preserving changed the world, Simon & Schuster <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" target="_blank">/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>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 <a href="/wiki/H._F._%26_G._Witherby" target="_blank">/wiki/H._F._%26_G._Witherby</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"John Kilner – Graces Guide". Graces Guide. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2022. <a href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Kilner" target="_blank">https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Kilner</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>BBC, WDYTYA? Series One: Celebrity Gallery, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s1_celeb_gallery_04.shtml <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s1_celeb_gallery_04.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s1_celeb_gallery_04.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>http://ravenhead.co.uk/the-ravenhead-story Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine "in 2003 The Rayware Group acquired the Ravenhead name, including Kilner jar, a subsidiary of Ravenhead" Accessed January 2017. <a href="http://ravenhead.co.uk/the-ravenhead-story" target="_blank">http://ravenhead.co.uk/the-ravenhead-story</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Why we love the Kilner jar, Homemaker Magazine, http://homemakermagazine.co.uk/why-we-love-the-kilner-jar <a href="http://homemakermagazine.co.uk/why-we-love-the-kilner-jar" target="_blank">http://homemakermagazine.co.uk/why-we-love-the-kilner-jar</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Kilner Glass Drink Dispenser | Party Beverage Jar". Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2020. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160521093217/http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/jump/productDetail/Catalog/Kitchen/Dishes_%26_Glassware/Kilner_Drink_Dispenser/72048" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160521093217/http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/jump/productDetail/Catalog/Kitchen/Dishes_%26_Glassware/Kilner_Drink_Dispenser/72048</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>