Lid

[10] Italian cooking pans with lids dating to 100 BC have been recovered at Tel Anafa in Israel, suggesting the trade of such items.

[13] F&R Pratt in Staffordshire became a major producer of colour-transferred pot lids, of which over 550 designs are attested; some were on display at the Great Exhibition of 1851.

[13] The use of glass or tin lids sealed to jars with wax emerged in Europe by 1814 and was popularized by the 1840s for people engaged in home canning.

[15] Lids with a lightning toggle were also used for fruit jars from 1882; alternative designs from the 1860s used a thumbscrew or lever closure.

[15] A version using a spring clip became popular during the early 20th century, but was overtaken by the screw band design in the 1930s.

[15] A revival in interest in home canning during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a shortage of Mason jar lids.

[17] When baby food began to be sold in glass jars in the 1960s, consumer concerns led to the safety button design being incorporated into marketing of these products.

[19] The increased popularity of lattes and similar drinks in the 2000s resulted in the development of elevated lids to accommodate microfoam.

[28][29] The lids of reliquary or burial jars (after 2000 BC) are typically designed as figurines with cultural or religious significance.

For example, later Egyptian canopic jars use lids in the form of the four children of Horus,[30] while the Fang people attached figurines symbolizing their ancestors to containers preserving their bones.