Crock

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

SS.62.596 a

SS.62.596 a

Name/Title

Crock

Entry/Object ID

SS.62.596 a-d

Description

Cheese crock: stoneware, tan exterior, deep brown interior glaze; cylindrical, with straight sides, applied hand holds, rim; decorated with crude finger-painted blue floral motif; small cork-filled bung-hole at bottom; with knobbed lid, two stoneware disks, perforated for drainage; impressed circular mark: "N. CLARK JR. ATHENS, N.Y." and the numeral "2".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Nathan Clark, Jr.

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Date made: after 1843

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SS.62.596 A-D
SS.62.596a-d

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Top Diam

Height

9 in

Diameter

9-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 x 9 7/8 in. (22.9 x 25.1 cm)

Material

Cork, Stoneware

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Piece chipped off top lip of crock (see Object File for damage report) [Jessa J. Krick, 12/19/2012].

Notes

Overall Analysis: Lid not part of set.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: For use in preparing rather small amounts of cheese (cottage).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Cook's Pantry