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| ANTIGUE PRESERVES CROCK---OVER 100 YEARS OLD---GRANDFATHER HAD THIS SINCE 1905---CROCK COULD VERY WELL BE OLDER--DON'T KNOW IF GREAT GRANDAD HAD CROCK PRIOR TO GRANDFATHER OR IT CAN GO BACK TO GREAT GREAT GRANDADAT ONE TIME THERE WAS A LID WITH A WIRE CLAMP ON THE CROCK.NOWADAYS ,IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND THESE IN TACT WITH ALL THE LIDS AND HARDWARE.GRANDMOM HAD USED THIS AS A GREASE POT. ONE GALLON CROCK 8.5 INCHES HIGH;BASE 7 INCHES IN DIAMETER; MOUTH--4.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER.HAND THROWN AND GLAZED IS WHAT I WAS TOLD. CHOCOLATE BROWN IN THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE UPPER PART;THE REST OF THE CROCK IS A LIGHT SAND COLOR.THERE ARE 3 SHAVED CHIPS ABOUT THE RIM;2 SMALLER CHIPS ABOUT THE RIM;NO CRACKS;SOME FLEA BITES;6 SMALL CHIPS AROUND LEDGE OF THE CROCK;ONE CHIP ON THE BASE;SOME POTTERY GLITCHES.I HAVE TRIED TO SHOW ALL ON THE PHOTOS.OTHERWISE A SWEET PIECE.MAKES A GREAT RUSTIC VASE.THERE IS ANOTHER LIKE THIS ONE ON BABA'S ATTIC JUST INCASE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PAIR OF FLOOR VASES.THESE AREN'T TOO BIG TO USE ON END TABLES EITHER OR ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION OF CROCKS. |
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