Domestic object - glass, Vegemite Glass

Historical information

Around the 1960s Vegemite produced a jar with a metal lid that could be used as a drinking glass after all the Vegemite was eaten. Many families had a number of vegemite glasses used by children as drinking tumblers.

Vergemite was invented by Ballarat School of Mines alumni Cyril Callister.

Physical description

A small glass with three lines glass the the rim. It is known as a vegemite glass.

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