CROCK
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1916
- Date Range To
- 1924
- Materials
- CERAMIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19900017002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1916
- Date Range To
- 1924
- Materials
- CERAMIC
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 43.5
- Diameter
- 38
- Description
- CERAMIC (STONEWARE) CROCK WITH STAMPS INDICATING SIZE "10" & MAKER "MEDALTA STONEWARE LTD. MEDICINE HAT ALBERTA" C/W COVER. COVER IS CHIPPED AND CRACKED. COVER HAS A KNOB SHAPED HANDLE. CROCK HAS YELLOW COLOURED RESIDUE.
- Subjects
- MERCHANDISING T&E
- CONTAINER
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- ARTIFACT IS FROM ESTATE OF LAURIE DAVIS. SEE P19900017001-GA FOR HISTORY & PIONEER PEMMICAN CLUB ROUNDUP 1885-1985 FOR ADDITIONAL FAMILY HISTORY. CROCK MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN BREWERY. A PHOTOGRAPH FROM 1912 SHOWS SIMILAR CROCKS IN USE IN THE BREWERY MIXING ROOM. CROCK MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BY ALFRED J. DAVIS DURING HIS EMPLOYMENT AT SICKS' BREWERY. SOURCE: "SICKS ENTERPRISER" SPRING 1946 & "MEDALTA STONEWARE & POTTERY FOR COLLECTORS" 1974.
- Catalogue Number
- P19900017002
- Acquisition Date
- 1990-04
- Collection
- Museum
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