Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1971.120.004 |
Object Name |
Crock |
Title |
Three Gallon Crock |
Lexicon category |
7: Distribution & Transportation Artifact |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Glazed ceramic crock, light beige on the bottom half exterior, dark brown top half with the number 3 (outline-shape style) transfer-printed under the light coloured part of the glaze. The interior is dark brown. There are two lift handles incorporated into either side of the exterior of the jar on the dark brown area. There is a recessed line extending around the perimeter of the jar from the bottom of the handles. The rim is intentionally left unglazed. |
Makers mark |
Transfer-printed "3" (outline-style) = 3 gallon capacity |
Provenance |
Unknown. Last owned by Stanley and Islay Michael (neé Brigham), of #RR 6 Owen Sound (on a farm in Sydenham Township, Grey County). May have belonged to his parents Francis Edgar Michael and Mary Jane Michael (neé Hodgson), previously. |
Collection |
Food Processing Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Ceramic/Glaze |
Dimensions |
H-25 Dia-27.6 cm |
Found |
Sydenham Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Michael, Stanley |
Subjects |
Preserving |
Function |
A three-gallon capacity crock. It would have been used for food preserving. |