Crock

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1860–1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2013.0067.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: Honey crock
Patents: N/A
General Description: A large earthenware crock with off white glazed body; yellow glazed shoulder and wide mouth lip; cork stopper.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 82.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 58.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Apiculture
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: Unknown
Canada: Stoneware potters started production in Canada mainly around 1850. Before crocks were mostly imported. This jar was used in a druggist shop, Brown & Webb, that used to sell spices also according to a 1880 newspaper advertisement in the The Church Guardian. [Ref.#1]
Function: To preserve honey.
Technical: Stoneware was an important food packaging and was replaced by glass at the beginning of the 20th century.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None.
Missing: Nothing is missing.
Finish: A large earthenware crock with off white glazed body; yellow glazed shoulder and wide mouth lip; cork stopper.
Decoration: None.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Crock, between 1860–1900, Artifact no. 2013.0067, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2013.0067.001/

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