Mason Jar and Blackeyed Susans
Mass-produced glass canning jars, also known as Mason jars after their inventor John L. Mason , Ball jars after one of the earliest manufacturers of the jars, and fruit jars because they were used to store fruit, have been manufactured since the early 1850s. [1] An earlier British jar is known as the Kilner jar . Mason jars are made of soda-lime glass , and come in a variety of sizes including quart , pint , half- gallon , and cup sizes, as well as in wide-mouth and regular mouth shapes. This Mason Jar is filled with black eyed susans. The painting is a watercolor and is 12x9 on 140 lb watercolor paper.