Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2008.054.023 |
Object Name |
Crock |
Title |
J. R. Burns Butter Crock |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Year Range from |
1881 |
Year Range to |
1887 |
Artist |
Burns, J. R. |
Made |
Burns, J. R. |
Place of Origin |
Toronto, Ontario |
Description |
J. R. BURNS stoneware butter crock. It has a blueish, hand-painted motif of a flower on its side. It is stamped with marks reading "J R BURNS TORONTO" and "2" (= two-gallon capacity). It has cylindrical walls, and two lift handles. It has a deep, intentional groove around its whole circumference, just beneath the lip. |
Makers mark |
It has a hand-painted blueish motif of a flower on the side and a stamped mark has "J R BURNS TORONTO" and "2" (= two-gallon capacity) |
Provenance |
Manufactured by the J. R. Burns pottery of Toronto. Dates from between 1881 and 1887, the years in which the company was operational. Likely belonged to Robert and Ethel Winch, who lived on a farm on RR#1 Chatsworth (south of Williamsford), in Holland Township, Grey County. It was last owned by the family of Walter and Mary Winch, who moved to 734, 9th Street A. East, Owen Sound, Grey County. It was found among other items in their Estate. |
Collection |
Food Processing Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Ceramic/Glaze |
Dimensions |
H-24 Dia-24.2 cm |
Found |
Grey County, Ontario |
People |
Winch, Walter Winch, Mary |
Subjects |
Butter making Butter |
Function |
Its shape suggests that it was a butter crock, and it has two lift handles at the sides to make it easier to move it around. It was made in Toronto in the 1880s. |