CROCK

Description: BROWN GLAZE ON TOP, COVER & INTERIOR. CLEAR GLAZE ON LOWER PART. STEEL WIRE HANDLE. CROCK COVER. BEIGE WIRE HANDLE. CROCK COVER. BEIGE BOTTOM WITH DARK BROWN COLLAR, LID AND INTERIOR. LID IS CHIPPED ALONG EDGE. WIRE HANDLE IS OXIDIZED. HANDLE ALSO HAS STEEL CLASP FOR LID. TOP OF LID IS WORN WHERE CLASP HAS BEEN USED. MEDIUM SIZED BLACK & YELLOW STAINS ON SIDE OF POT. LIP OF COLLAR IS CHIPPED AS WELL.

History: **UPDATE 20 SEPTEMBER 2013: FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE VAN HORNE FAMILY, PLEASE SEE THE ELECTRONIC AND PERMANENT FILES OF DONATIONS P19672878000 AND P19651981000. REFERENCED FILES INCLUDE A TRANSCRIPTION OF AN ORAL INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE VAN HORNE’S GRANDDAUGHTER MIRIAM SMITH IN 2012. **UPDATE 7 APRIL 2020: GALT COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A RELEVANCY AUDIT OF THE MUSEUM’S ASHTRAY COLLECTION, INCL. AN EXAMPLE DONATED BY RENE CRIGHTON (NEE VAN HORNE). THE AUDIT LED PUNDYK TO INTERVIEW MS. MIRIAM SMITH, RENE CRIGHTON’S DAUGHTER, ON 11 OCTOBER 2018 TO LEARN IF SHE HAD SPECIFIC MEMORIES OF THE ASHTRAY AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER OBJECTS DONATED BY RENE ON HER MATERNAL FAMILY’S BEHALF. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ARTIFACT, MIRIAM SMITH SAID, “OH, DAVID CONN VAN HORNE. HE WAS MY MOTHER’S BROTHER, TOO. HE LIVED ON 15TH STREET. … I MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT AT MY GRANDMA AND GRANDPA’S HOUSE, THE VAN HORNE HOUSE, WHEN I WAS A KID, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA. I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD PUT IN IT. IT COULD BE USED FOR COOKING SOMETHING. I’D HATE TO COOK IN IT. WELL, EITHER, OR STORING. I’LL BET PROBABLY MORE FOR STORING, WOULDN’T YOU THINK, FROM THE SIZE OF IT? BUT, I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW. I’VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN THE PERMANENT FILE P19672867000.