Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.064.001 |
Object Name |
Jar, Food Storage |
Title |
Bonnell Bros. Crockery Jar |
Year Range from |
1878 |
Year Range to |
1923 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Brantford, Ontario? |
Description |
A beige-coloured glazed stoneware ceramic crockery jar with three lines stamped in blue: BONNELL BROS. / GENERAL MERCHANDISE / WALTER'S FALLS. There is an orange peel texture. The interior has a smooth brown glaze. No pottery identification mark. It is missing a circular 1.1 cm area of glaze at the bottom front. The lip has a mended area. There is also staining near the lettering. Also see Related for 1963.031.011, from the same store. |
Makers mark |
No pottery identification mark. |
Provenance |
The pottery of origin is unknown, but this crockery jar was custom-made for the Bonnell Bros. store of Walters Falls, Grey County. The Bonnell Brothers, Henry and John, and their wives, moved to the village from Harkaway, where they each had farmed. "They bought the general store from Charles Carney, and a few years later, their brother, Hiram, joined them in the venture. By 1901 Henry Bonnell (d. 1912) and his son William Bonnell ran the store. Collected by Glen Stephens of Williamsford, Grey County, at an unknown date. His estate was auctioned in the fall of 2017. Grey Roots Museum purchased this piece from one of his estate auctions in September, 2017. |
Collection |
Commercial Equipment Collection |
Material |
Ceramic/Glaze/Transfer Print? |
Dimensions |
H-0.771 Dia-0.492 feet |
Found |
Williamsford, Township of Chatsworth, Grey County |
People |
Bonnell, Henry (Bonnell Bros.) Stephens, Glen |
Subjects |
Food supply Containers Pottery industry Pottery Potteries Stores & shops General stores |
Search Terms |
Walter's Falls Bonnell Bros. |
Function |
A pottery-made food container / preserving jar, that was used by a general store business at Walter's Falls, Grey County. This sort of crockery jar could be re-used. The lettering helped advertise the store. |