1930s Undertakers Supply Co Glass Embalming Jar This amazing piece of mortuary

This amazing piece of mortuary history would make a lovely vase or keepsake jar

Once air conditioners started to become commonplace in vehicles in 1939

The ends of the filigree show signs of repair

It is the largest auto vase the company made

Cleaning and Care Clean with mild dish soap and water

1930s Undertakers Supply Co Glass Embalming Jar This amazing piece of mortuaryIn the mid nineteenth century funeral services started to modernize and become more specialized. The profession of undertaker emerged, bodies were no longer prepared at home but relegated to professional morticians. Nowhere was this more evident than in Chicago. The Chicago Undertaker's association formed in 1868 and later the Illinois School of Embalming. Many other mortuary schools, funeral service training programs and funeral related associations