Six-Gallon Crock
Date1861-1891
Artist/Maker
New York Stoneware Co.
MediumGray salt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions13" x 13 5/8" (33.0 cm. x 34.6 cm.)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1975.900.3
DescriptionLarge crock with molded handles on each side. Blue underglaze decoration of eagle with banner. Stamped above eagle with maker's name and symbol. Albany slip interior.Label TextMoralizing stoneware decorators often combined a sort of "kitchen philosophy" with a record of current affairs. The American eagle and pendant banner continued to be popular throughout the nineteenth century. A more common eagle and banner inscription used by the New York Stoneware Company was "Union Forever."Inscription(s)Inscription in banner: "Today / We Live / Tomorrow / We May / be ded'Mark(s)Impressed "NEW YORK/STONEWARE CO./FORT EDWARD, N.Y./6".ProvenanceMaze Pottinger Antiques, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
ca. 1820
ca. 1724-1740