Keiller’s Dundee marmalade

Keiller’s Dundee marmalade

White ceramic, transfer-printed pot, made by Maling of Newcastle, for Keiller and Sons’ Dundee Marmalade – a very popular brand at the time.
Glass jam jar

Glass jam jar

Clear glass jam jar embossed with a shield-shaped border which contains the remnants of a label. Glass jam jars are uncommon at so early a date. The vast majority of jam and marmalade jars in the late 1890s were ceramic, and ceramic jars continued to be common for...
Ginger Jars

Ginger Jars

Two jars for keeping ginger (minus their lids) and a cut glass pedestal bowl.
Chutney and Preserves Jars

Chutney and Preserves Jars

These jars were discarded after the death of Mary Everett in 1908. The 2 ounce Bovril bottle is for size comparison. Left, a chutney or pickle jar in aqua glass, 20 cm tall, 6.7 cm wide at the shoulder, with the base separately moulded and the numeral 1337 embossed on...
Tiny Jar

Tiny Jar

A tiny clear glass jar with a burst-off lip. It has been partly melted in a destructor.
Paste Jars

Paste Jars

Plain white ceramic jars for meat or fish paste, or possibly for glue.
Stoneware Bottles and Jars

Stoneware Bottles and Jars

Assorted stoneware bottles mostly for furniture cream and ginger beer, with a couple of galley pots, ink bottles and cream jars, and two bottles for German mineral waters.