Climax Section Jar, No. 1 Pyramid
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1900
name: label: maker
content: Whitall, Tatum and Company
notes: label: Description
content: In 1873, Daniel Campbell Ripley (1850-1912), a glass maker in Pittsburgh, obtained a patent for a set of glass jars that stack one above another. In time, this form became known as Climax Section Jars. This set of three jars is of that sort. An inscription reads "PATENTED MAY 20 1873."
label: Description
content: Ref: Daniel C. Ripley, “Improvement in Jelly-Glasses,” U.S. Patent 139,081 (May 20, 1873).
label: Description
content: “Daniel Campbell Ripley,” Pottery, Glass & Brass Salesman 5 (June 27, 1912).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Millville
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-13111
label: catalog number
content: M-13111
label: catalog number
content: 288177.65
label: accession number
content: 288177
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jar, Display
label: Object Name
content: show jar
label: Other Terms
content: Jar, Display; Containers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cylindrical, tapered (overall shape)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, transparent (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 9 1/4 in; 60.96 cm x 23.50008 cm