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A lid or cover is part of a container, and serves as the closure or seal, usually one that completely closes the object. Lids can be placed on small containers such as tubs as well as larger lids for open-head pails and drums.
The Old English term hlid is derived from the Proto-Germanic term *hlidan, meaning literally "that which bends over".
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest attested use of the word in English is by Ælfric of Eynsham in his Homilies (c. 1000). Other meanings of the term, now mostly obsolete or slang, include shutters, the top pie crust, the kneecap, a hat or cap (from which the phrase "flipped his lid" is derived, or the act of concealment or silencing (as in "keeping the lid on the secret"). It is also used metaphorically in the saying "there's a lid for every pot", meaning that for each person there exists an ideal partner.
Ancient vessels with lids have been discovered dating to as early as 4000–3500 BC, and a lid alone dating to 6500–4000 BC has been recovered. A study of cooking dishes in the Aegean region from the Neolithic to the Iron Age noted an absence of surviving lids, although there was some evidence to suggest lids may have been used. Egyptologist Julia Budka has suggested that early pots may have used lids made from organic materials that did not survive, or that early lids may have been misinterpreted as dishes.
Ancient Egyptian canopic jars with lids date as far back as 2532 BC. Jar burials were also used in southeast Europe, with a lidded jar being recovered from an early Neolithic site.
The use of lidded vessels for fermentation had emerged by 1000 BC, with sealed beverage vessels being recovered from ancient Chinese archaeological sites. Italian cooking pans with lids dating to 100 BC have been recovered at Tel Anafa in Israel, suggesting the trade of such items.
Tankards with hinged lids were a common design in northern Europe by the 1700s.
Beginning in the 1840s, printing technology was used to embellish the lids of commercial products. 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. Specialist auctions of pot lids began in 1924 and peaked in the 1970s, although they continue to be of interest to collectors.
Lid
A lid or cover is part of a container, and serves as the closure or seal, usually one that completely closes the object. Lids can be placed on small containers such as tubs as well as larger lids for open-head pails and drums.
The Old English term hlid is derived from the Proto-Germanic term *hlidan, meaning literally "that which bends over".
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest attested use of the word in English is by Ælfric of Eynsham in his Homilies (c. 1000). Other meanings of the term, now mostly obsolete or slang, include shutters, the top pie crust, the kneecap, a hat or cap (from which the phrase "flipped his lid" is derived, or the act of concealment or silencing (as in "keeping the lid on the secret"). It is also used metaphorically in the saying "there's a lid for every pot", meaning that for each person there exists an ideal partner.
Ancient vessels with lids have been discovered dating to as early as 4000–3500 BC, and a lid alone dating to 6500–4000 BC has been recovered. A study of cooking dishes in the Aegean region from the Neolithic to the Iron Age noted an absence of surviving lids, although there was some evidence to suggest lids may have been used. Egyptologist Julia Budka has suggested that early pots may have used lids made from organic materials that did not survive, or that early lids may have been misinterpreted as dishes.
Ancient Egyptian canopic jars with lids date as far back as 2532 BC. Jar burials were also used in southeast Europe, with a lidded jar being recovered from an early Neolithic site.
The use of lidded vessels for fermentation had emerged by 1000 BC, with sealed beverage vessels being recovered from ancient Chinese archaeological sites. Italian cooking pans with lids dating to 100 BC have been recovered at Tel Anafa in Israel, suggesting the trade of such items.
Tankards with hinged lids were a common design in northern Europe by the 1700s.
Beginning in the 1840s, printing technology was used to embellish the lids of commercial products. 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. Specialist auctions of pot lids began in 1924 and peaked in the 1970s, although they continue to be of interest to collectors.
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