Jar beer
Jar from the Montreal brewery William Dow and Company. It is covered with a cream glaze on the lower three-quarters, and a light brown glaze up to the neck. The jar has a metal tap and a metal handle attached to the neck. An English inscription is embossed on the bulge of the tap, and English inscriptions are painted in black on the front of the jar.
- Accession Number 2022.26.20.1-2
- Fabricant / Éditeur Dow Brewery Limited
- Period 1st half of the 20th century, 2nd half of the 19th century
- Materials ceramics, stoneware, glaze, metal, rubber
- Measurements 46,5 x 22 x 25,8 cm
Historical context
This stoneware jar is covered with a feldspar-based “Bristol” liquid glaze, tinted with iron oxide. This new glaze was invented in Bristol, England, by William Powell around 1835. Waterproof and resistant to any liquid, it replaced the salt glaze method. In North America, these containers were generally imported from England, but were also copied. They were used by bottlers throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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- Accession Number 2022.26.20.1-2
- Fabricant / Éditeur Dow Brewery Limited
- Period 1st half of the 20th century, 2nd half of the 19th century
- Materials ceramics, stoneware, glaze, metal, rubber
- Measurements 46,5 x 22 x 25,8 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Dave St-Martin, 2022.026.020.1-2
Photo by Victor Diaz Lamich
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