Preserve what?

I came across these jars at a flea market and bought them for their rustic looking lids and embossed prints on the glass not knowing that they are actually preserving jars. So I did a bit of googling to find out more on the Fowler Vacola Jars and here's the story I found,

Fowlers Vacola had humble origins as a fruit-bottling business started by Joseph Fowler at the rear of a small house in Burke Road, Melbourne. By 1915 the company of J. Fowler & Co. had begun producing home-bottling kits containing a sterilizer, bottles, lids, rings and a thermometer. Initially Fowler travelled the district, selling his kits door-to-door from the back of a cart. In 1920 he bought a shop in Hawthorn, and registered his business as a private company.During the Depression Fowlers Kits became a household name. In 1934 Fowlers Vacola Manufacturing Co. Ltd was registered as a public company. Housewives, nationwide, were urged to bottle their own fruits and jams by 'Mrs B Thrifty', the dainty cartoon character who graced the firm's advertisements.

So that's the story behind these jars... mmm because the rubber lids have seen much better days, these jars shall preserve something of a different kind. I shall get busy with them on the creative table. Stay tune to see what I shake up with these precious jars.

Much blogging Love,