Containers

The shelf, and the archetype it contradicts

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What is here By format And the jars are correct By material By capacity, which is the real gap The archetype window compounds it The families that work Straight sided for anything weighed Clear for the sorted things What is missing References

The shelf is right and the archetype is wrong. That is the reverse of the usual finding.

What is here

617 rows: 286 containers and 331 closures. 15 mL to 9,464 mL with a median of 237.

By format

224 jars, 41 bottles, 19 tubs and pails, 1 jug and 1 tube. Overwhelmingly jars, against an archetype that specifies narrow mouth.

And the jars are correct

Casting grain, solder, wire and polishing compound are solids handled by hand. Four of the six leaves need a wide mouth and the shelf has one.

By material

117 PET, 80 PP, 50 glass and 38 HDPE. The polypropylene and glass are the half that can face warm pickle; the PET is the half for dry stock.

By capacity, which is the real gap

12 containers at 30 mL or under, 104 at 120 or under, 214 at a pint or under. A bench keeps solder snippets and scrap in very small quantities and 12 is a thin answer.

The archetype window compounds it

ind-chemical starts at 100 mL, which is already larger than a scrap jar needs. The window and the bench disagree at the small end.

The families that work

101 PET single wall jars, 29 PP single wall jars, 20 glass straight sided jars and 18 PP round tubs. Those four cover most of the bench.

Straight sided for anything weighed

A jar that sits flat on a scale without rocking, and that you can pour back into without a funnel. For casting grain that is the specification.

Clear for the sorted things

89 clear containers. Solder grades, wire gauges and scrap are identified by eye first and by label second.

What is missing

Anything tall for coiled wire, anything compartmented for findings, and enough very small jars for scrap and solder. Three absences and the last one matters most.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. The jewelry metalwork shelf is 617 rows: 286 containers and 331 closures. 15 mL to 9,464 mL with a median of 237; 12 containers at 30 mL or under, 104 at 120 or under, 214 at a pint or under. 117 PET, 80 PP, 50 glass, 38 HDPE. 224 jars, 41 bottles, 19 tubs and pails, 1 jug, 1 tube. 89 clear, 74 white, 39 natural, 30 amber, 26 black. Closures: 248 continuous thread, 22 dome lids, 18 lug and twist, 12 child resistant, 10 round tubs, 9 liners and sealing discs, 5 phenolic, 5 specialty.

The archetype behind this shelf is ind-chemical: 100 to 20,000 mL, narrow mouth, HDPE and glass, light sensitive, child resistant, poured, with "chemical resistance is the entire decision, check the resin chart first" as its stated reason. It describes the pickle and patina half of the craft and not the metal half, and the shelf disagrees with it: 224 of 286 containers are jars.

Written from 15 U.S.C. 295 and 297, and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. Silver tolerances at 15 U.S.C. 296 were not read for this property and are not summarized. The FTC Jewelry Guides at 16 CFR part 23 govern how jewelry is described and are a separate body of rules. Pickle and patina chemistry is a safety data sheet question and no handling advice is given here.