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Crock

Object number2008.37.5 a,b

Date1890-1899

MediumClay; glaze; paint

Credit LineGift of Gerald Price

DescriptionStoneware crock with lid. Cylindrical five-gallon crock. Glazed. Two strips of color: dark brown on top, beige on bottom; sections of an unglazed strip visible in places between two colors. Cobalt blue stenciling on front. Albany glazing inside. Unfinished base. Lid is glazed, dark brown; sections unglazed; knob at top center.Dimensions(a) Height: 12.75 ; WIdth/Length: 12
(b) Height 1.375 ; Width: 12.625
Marks(a)
Cobalt blue stenciling on front, image of crown with "5" in center.

(b)
On base, stamped in glaze, "6" or "9".
Historical NotesOlive crock used at the Price family's grocery store owned and operated in the Fourth Ward of Wilmerding starting in the 1890s. Part of a collection of items related to donor Gerald Price's Italian-American family, one of the earliest to settle in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.

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