Crock and lid

1850-1880

Measurements

5-3/4 in x 9-1/4 in x 8-1/4 in (dia)

Materials

Cobalt-decorated salt-glazed stoneware

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3885

Condition Notes

The lid has two chips on opposite sides of the knob finial and two flakes from the underside of the lid at the edge.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

This cylindrical crock with a flat lid, a form popularly called a “cake crock” probably because of its shape, has blue decoration executed in broad strokes in the manner of pottery made by the influential Remmey family of stoneware potters of Philadelphia.  The handles at the sides are rounded strips pressed into the body, leaving little space in between, in the manner of a lug handle.  Four squares in the top appear to have been abraded to remove the glaze; the cause or purpose is unknown.  The inside of the crock is glazed a brownish yellow.  A large squared flange on the underside of the lid sets it in place.