John Landis Mason invented the Mason Jar on November 30, 1858. In 1884, Ball Corporation began manufacturing glass home-canning jars, the product that established Ball as a household name and licensed Masons design.

Who made the first mason jar?

John Landis Mason Mason jar/Inventors Vegetables, meat, and poultry, however, need to be pressure canned, a process in which the contents are heated to more than 240 degrees Fahrenheit to destroy bacteria. Integral to this process is the Mason jar, which was created in 1858 by John Landis Mason, a New Jersey native.

Who makes Mason brand jars?

Newll Newll is a company that produces most of the mason jars and mason jar lids for North America.

What is the original mason jar?

In 1858, a Vineland, New Jersey tinsmith named John Landis Mason (1832–1902) invented and patented a screw threaded glass jar or bottle that became known as the Mason jar (U.S. Patent No. 22,186.) From 1857, when it was first patented, to the present, Mason jars have had hundreds of variations in shape and cap design.