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Bell jar – typically used in scientific laboratories to produce a
vacuum; also used in Victorian times for display purposes •
Cookie jar – typically ceramic or glass, common in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom •
Killing jar – used to kill captured insects •
Leyden jar – a historical electrical capacitor • Specimen jar – an
instrument used in anatomy to preserve specimens •
Apothecary jar – historically for storage of medicines; made of ceramics or more typically in modern centuries, clear glass. Typically cylindrical or with rotationally symmetric decorative curves, sometimes with a glass disc foot separated from the main body. Modern glass versions are also used for artistic display of the contents. • Economy round or wide mouth jars – tall but rotund cylinder slightly rounded at the top and bottom, relatively wide with a wide mouth, commonly used for sauces like a mayonnaise • Paragon jars – tall and narrow cylinder, commonly used for pickled foods such as olives • French square or Victorian jars – roughly a small cube • Spice jars – small cylinder or
rectangular cuboid • Hexagon or hex jars –
regular hexagonal prism •
Mason jars – moderately tall cylinder typically used in home canning, sealed with a metal lid •
Kilner jar – similar to a Mason jar but sealed with rubber • Straight-sided jars – cylinders with no neck. Squat straight-sided jars are suitable for creams which can be scooped out. ;Ancient ceramic types include •
Amphora – large, but typically holding under 50 L •
Pithos – very large, typically the size of a person and holding hundreds of liters,
Pandora's Box is often referred to as Pithos •
Canopic jar ==Utility==