Salt Glazed "Beehive" Jug with Applied "Ear" Handle Item #: G4451 Description: Beehive shaped jug with applied ear handle and thick rim. Materials: Salt glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 9". Width: 7-1/4". Depth: 7-1/4". Locality and Period: Midwest. c.1875. Comments: Used for storing various liquids from vinegar, whiskey or oils. Price:$49.00
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Midwestern Grey & Tan Glazed #6 Crock Item #: G4394 Description: Heavy stoneware crock with heavy upper rim lip and applied ear handles. Grey & tan glazed exterior, brown glazed interior. Incised upper ring below rim and incised #6. Materials: Glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 14". Width: 12-1/2". Depth: 12-3/4". Locality and Period: Midwest U.S. c.1875. Comments: Heavy, dense clay pointing to midwestern clay. Unusual variegated glaze in hues of grey and tan. Price:$150.00
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Rare Speckle Glaze #5 Stoneware Crock Item #: G4393 Description: Wheel thrown stoneware crock with speckled salt glaze. Heavy rim lip and applied "ear" handles on sides. Incised ring below lip and cobalt stenciled #5 on side. Interior having unusual speckled glaze. Materials: Glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 12-1/2". Width: 13". Depth: 12-1/4". Locality and Period: American. c.1870. Comments: Most rare and unusual speckle glaze exterior and interior in the #5 size. Free of cracks or chips. Price:$225.00 SOLD
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Salt Glazed Cobalt Stenciled #3 Stoneware Crock Item #: G4360 Description: Wheel thrown salt glazed stoneware crock having a thick rim and upper incised ring. Cobalt blue stenciled #3 and holly laurel. Albany slip glazed interior. Materials: Salt glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 10-1/2". Width: 10-1/2". Depth: 10-1/2". Locality and Period: American. c.1875. Comments: Unusual cobalt blue markings on salt glazed exterior. Free of cracks or chips. Price:$95.00
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Antique Variegated Glaze #4 Stoneware Crock Item #: G4345 Description: Wheel thrown stoneware crock with a thick upper edge, having a variegated brown, tan, ochre and greenish glaze. Cobalt numeral "4" marking. Albany slip interior glaze. Materials: Glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 12". Width: 11-1/2". Depth: 11-1/2". Locality and Period: Midwest. c.1860. Comments: Unusual and desireable variegated glaze in shades of brown, tan, ochre and green. Price:$125.00
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Red Wing #4 Stoneware Churn Crock Item #: G4366 Description: Glazed stoneware churn shaped crock with thick upper rim. Stenciled and hand painted markings on front side. Materials: Glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 15-3/4". Width: 9-3/4". Depth: 9-3/4". Locality and Period: Red Wing Minnesota. c.1940. Comments: Bold marking on piece with no chips or cracks. Price:SOLD
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Salt Glaze Stoneware #4 Churn Crock Item #: G3413 Description: Tall vessel with sides tapering above waist to neck and flaring collar and below to plain base. 2 lug handles at shoulder. Incised line at level of handles. Number "4" double impressed on front. Fitted lid and wooden dasher included. Materials: Salt glaze stoneware. Wooden dasher. Dimensions: Height: 15-1/2". Width: 10". Depth: 10". Locality and Period: Unknown pottery. c.1870-90. Comments: Used for churning butter at home, they make useful storage pieces and planters. Some hairline cracks that do not mar the design or use. Price:SOLD
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Ransbottom Brown Glazed Stoneware Crock Item #: G1935 Description: Brown stoneware crock stamped on bottom with the Ransbottom Pottery marking. Dimensions: Height: 13-3/4". Width: 12-1/2". Price:SOLD
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Glazed Redware Crock with Distinctive Blue/Grey Stripe (possibly Girty, PA.) Item #: G4244 Description: Wheel thrown redware crock with brown glaze having a blue/grey stripe. Albany slip glazed interior. Materials: Glazed redware. Dimensions: Height: 8-1/4". Width: 8". Depth: 8". Locality and Period: Possibly Girty, PA. c.1890. Comments: Very distinctive and unusual blue/grey stripe decoration. Price:SOLD
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#3 Redware Wheel-thrown Glazed Crock Item #: G4073 Description: Tall storage vessel with sides that slope gradually out to very high shoulder marked by a single incised line. Shoulder curves in to wide neck and shaped rim. 2 lug handles attached at shoulder level. Plain base. Incised number "3" on shoulder. Materials: Glazed red earthenware. Dimensions: Height: 15". Width: 9". Depth: 8". Locality and Period: Found in Misoouri. c.1850-70. Comments: Redware pottery is made from a number of clays found throughout North America. Most 18th and 19th century redware was glazed with clear lead slip to make it impervious to liquids. Several metallic oxides, such as manganese and copper were used to produce dark brown and greenish glaze hues. Price:SOLD
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Salt Glazed #2 Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Blue "Bee Sting" Decoration Item #: G4025 Description: Wheel thrown salt glazed stoneware crock with a thick rim and 2 incised rings below. Albany slip interior glaze. Stylized #2 and "bee sting" decoration on front in cobalt blue. Materials: Salt glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 9-3/4". Width: 9-3/4". Depth: 9-3/4". Locality and Period: Found in Missouri. c.1875. Comments: Well executed cobalt hand decoration. Very good condition with minor chips in bottom edge. Price:SOLD
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Large Stoneware Brown Glazed Crock & Lid Item #: G3398 Description: Wheel thrown stoneware crock having dark brown glaze on both interior and exterior. Glazed lid sits in recessed seat in crocks upper rim. Applied ear handles. Materials: Glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 14-1/2". Width: 15-1/4". Depth: 13-1/2". Locality and Period: Found in Missouri. c.1870-80. Comments: Unusual configuration of a recessed lid seat on a large (about 5 gallons) crock. Chip on underside of lid, otherwise in excellent condition. Price:SOLD
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1 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jug Item #: G4064 Description: Stoneware jug with thick rim and applied handle. Materials: Salt glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 11-5/8". Width: 7-1/2". Depth: 7-1/4". Locality and Period: Found in Missouri. c.1875. Comments: 1 gallon size commonly used for storing oil or whiskey. Price:SOLD
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#6 Ovoid Stoneware Crock c.1860-70. Item #: G3996 Description: Large, wheel-thrown vessel with sides that slope gently in from high waist to short neck. Wide, flaring rim with wire banding. Below waist, sides taper to plain base. At the shoulder on each side, applied lug handles. Number "6" impressed on shoulder below one handle. Materials: Glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 16-1/2". Width: 11-1/2". Depth: 11-1/2". Locality and Period: Probably Southern Missouri. c.1860-70. Comments: The sloping sides of this crock are characteristic of Southern pottery, by the second half of the 19th century, northern potters were usually producing straight-sided crocks. Price:SOLD
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Multi Color Salt Glaze Stoneware #2 Crock Jar Item #: G3952 Description: Wheel thrown stoneware crock jar with applied ear handles. Hand inscribed #2 under handle. Glazed interior. Multi-colored salt glazed exterior. Materials: Salt glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 13". Width: 9". Depth: 8-1/2". Locality and Period: American. c.1875. Comments: Unusual multi-colored exterior salt glaze in hues of ochre, greys and blues. Price:SOLD
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Robinson Ransbottom #2 Blue Band Stoneware Water Cooler & Lid Item #: G3273 Description: Stoneware crock having cream color glaze with cobalt blue bands and stenciled crown. Matching blue band lid. Metal spigot marked "CENTRAL". Materials: Glazed stoneware. Metal spigot. Dimensions: Height: 12-3/4". Width: 9-3/4". Depth: 12-1/2" (including spigot). Locality and Period: Roseville, Ohio. c.1900-25. Comments: Very good condition having just a small chip on edge of lid. Price:SOLD
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Multi-Color #2 Salt Glazed Crock Item #: G3938 Description: Wheel thrown salt glazed crock with thick rim. Hand inscribed #2 on front. Albany slip brown glazed interior. Materials: Salt glazed stoneware Dimensions: Height: 10-1/2". Width: 9-5/8". Depth: 9-3/4". Locality and Period: Found in Missouri. c.1870. Comments: Very unusual and desireable glaze colors in hues of brown, ochre, yellow and amber. Price:SOLD
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Salt Glaze Stoneware Crock with Cobalt #4 and "Arrow" Item #: G3418 Description: Wheel thrown salt glazed stoneware crock with lug handles. Cobalt #4 with "Arrow" and an incised #4 on opposite side. Brown glazed interior. Materials: Salt glaze stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 12". Width: 11". Depth: 11". Locality and Period: Unknown pottery. c.1870-90. Comments: Unusual #4 and arrow decoration. Crocks of this type were used for storage and making sauerkraut and pickles. Price:SOLD
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W. Everhart Stoneware Ginger Beer Bottle Item #: G3175 Description: Cylindrical bottle with high shoulder and thick, rounded rim in form of tapered cone. Impressed "W. Everhart". Materials: Stoneware; exterior with salt glaze; interior glazed with brown slip. Dimensions: Height: 10". Width: 3-7/8". Depth: 3-7/8". Locality and Period: East coast west to Indiana. c.1875. Comments: Heavy stoneware bottles for ginger beer, sarsaparilla and other beverages were made by nearly every American stoneware manufacturer. The vast majority bear the mark of the company for whom they were made, rather than that of the pottery. Price:SOLD
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Large Wheel Thrown Brown Glaze Whiskey Jug Item #: G3256 Description: Beehive shape vessel with single shaped and applied handle. Various blended glaze in browns and ochres. Materials: Glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 14-1/2". Width: 10". Depth: 9". Locality and Period: Probably Midwestern U.S. c.1890. Comments: Vessels like this were used to store a wide variety of liquids including Vinegar, oil and of course whiskey. Price:SOLD
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Salt Glazed Stoneware Crock with #2 & Feather Decoration Item #: G2729 Description: Stoneware crock in salt glaze exterior with the number 2 and stylized feather in cobalt blue. Interior brown glaze. Dimensions: Height: 9". Width: 9-1/2". Depth: 9". Price:SOLD
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Large Brown Glazed 2 Handle Ovoid Stoneware Crock Item #: G3735 Description: Wheel thrown stoneware crock in chocolate brown glaze. Ovoid shape with 2 applied ear-shaped handles. Materials: Glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 17-1/2". Width: 19". Depth: 16". Locality and Period: Midwest U.S. c.1860-80. Comments: Unusual ovoid shape in a large crock. Price:SOLD
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Salt Glaze Stoneware #5 Crock with Cobalt Decoration Item #: G3470 Description: Wheel thrown stoneware crock having applied lug handles. Cobalt blue #5 with flourished decoration. Interior with Albany slip brown glaze. Materials: Salt glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 13". Width: 13-1/2". Depth: 12-3/4". Locality and Period: Unknown pottery. c.1880. Comments: Nicely decorated crock in excellent condition. Price:SOLD
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Early Wheel Thrown Brown Milk or Cider Pitcher Item #: G3411 Description: Squat form wheel thrown stoneware pitcher with applied handle. Brown glaze. Materials: Glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 6-3/4". Width: 8". Depth: 7". Locality and Period: Possibly Missouri. c.1830-50. Comments: Appealing squat form with an early brown glaze. Price:SOLD
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Large #5 Beehive 2 Handle Stoneware Jug Item #: G3314 Description: Beehive-shaped Vessel with high shoulder and short, narrow neck. 2 ear-shaped handles attached to the neck and shoulders. Incised #5's on shoulders. "Turkey Droppings" on exterior glaze. Plain base. Materials: Stoneware glazed with shades of browns and blue/grey. Wheel thrown, handles seperately shaped and applied. Dimensions: Height: 16". Width: 12". Depth: 12". Locality and Period: New England west to Missouri. c.1870-80. Comments: Vessels like this were used to store a wide variety of liquids, including whiskey, vinegar and cooking oil. Very good condition, showing minimal wear and no cracks. Price:SOLD
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Salt Glazed #2 "Bee Sting" Crock Item #: G2598 Description: Salt glazed crock with cobalt #2 and stylized "bee sting" decoration. Albany slip glaze interior. Likely older Red Wing piece. Dimensions: Height: 9-1/2". Width: 10-1/8". Depth: 10". Price: SOLD
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12 Sided Green & Clark Ginger Beer Bottle Item #: G3174 Description: Tall, 12 sided vessel with high rounded shoulder and thick, tapered cone rim. Cobalt blue ring around neck above impressed marking "GREEN & CLARK". Base swirled to form 12 facet sides. Materials: Stoneware; exterior in salt glaze; interior glazed with brown Albany slip. Dimensions: Height: 10-1/4". Width: 3-3/8". Depth: 3-3/8". Locality and Period: East coast west to Indiana. c.1875. Comments: Stoneware bottles for ginger beer and other beverages were made by nearly every American stoneware manufacturer with the vast majority bearing the mark of the company for whom they were made, rather than that of the pottery. Price:SOLD
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Stoneware #3 "Old Brown Jug" Item #: G1884 Description: Bee hive shaped, brown glazed stoneware whiskey jug with white stenciled #3 decoration. Dimensions: Height: 13". Width: 9". Price:SOLD
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Salt Glaze #4 Cobalt Blue Free-hand "Bee Sting" Crock Item #: G3157 Description: Stoneware crock in saltglaze having rolled edge and "ear" handles on sides. Cobalt blue free-hand #4 and stylized "bee sting" decoration. Albany slip glaze interior. Several small "turkey dropping" marks on exterior. Materials: Salt glazed stoneware. Albany slip glaze interior. Cobalt blue glaze decoration. Dimensions: Height: 12". Width: 11-1/4". Depth: 11". Price:SOLD
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Salt Glazed "Beehive" Stoneware Jar Item #: G2649 Description: Stoneware jar in beehive shape with A.B. & Co. in cobalt blue marking. Dimensions: Height: 14". Width: 10-1/4". Price:SOLD
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Stoneware #15 Crock with Cobalt Blue Crown Item #: G2622 Description: Stoneware crock in cream glaze having a cobalt blue crown with "15" stenciled decoration. Interior in Albany slip glaze. Dimensions: Height: 21". Width: 16". Price: SOLD
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#6 Stoneware Crock in Cinnamon Salt Glaze Item #: G2023 Description: Stoneware crock with ear handles having the #6 incised below upper lip. Unusual cinnamon colored salt glaze. Dimensions: Height: 13-1/4". Width: 13". Price: SOLD
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Salt Glazed #6 Crock with "Tornado" Decoration Item #: G2495 Description: Stoneware crock in salt glaze with cobalt hand-decorated #6 and "Tornado" design. Ear handles. Interior in Albany slip glaze. Dimensions: Height: 14". Width: 13". Depth: 12". Price:SOLD
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Pittsburg (Kansas) Pottery Co. Diamond Brand #2 Crock Item #: G2565 Description: Stoneware crock with molded lip having a wonderful old crackle glaze. Cobalt stenciled "The Pittsburg Pottery Co. Diamond Brand" with the number "2" centered in a diamond shaped insignia. Dimensions: Height: 9". Width: 9-1/2". Depth: 9-1/2". Price:SOLD
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#3 Stoneware Churn Crock Item #: G2488 Description: Stoneware churn crock in cream glaze with cobalt decorated #3 flanked by leaf designs. Interior in Albany slip glaze. Dimensions: Height: 14". Width: 9-1/2". Depth: 9-1/2". Price: SOLD
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Unusual Brown & Tan Stoneware Whiskey Jug Item #: G2026 Description: Bee hive shaped stoneware jug with handle in unique brown and tan blended glaze. Dimensions: Height: 12". Width: 9-1/2". Price:SOLD
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#10 Brown/Ochre Crock Item #: G2024 Description: Large, cylindrical crock with thick, shaped rim that protrudes from the body. 2 lug handles attached below rim. Plain base. Freehand decoration and number "10". Dimensions: Height: 17-1/2". Width: 13-1/2". Price:SOLD
A.P. Donaghho Pottery Salt Glazed Preserve Jar Item #: G2282 Description: Salt glazed stoneware preserve jar with cobalt maker's mark. Materials: Stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 10". Width: 6-1/2". Depth: 6-1/2". Locality and Period: Parkersburg West Virginia. c. 1880. Comments: Stoneware maker Alexander Polk Donaghho, who moved to Parkersburg from Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, in 1870, built his kiln at what became known as Pottery Junction because of the area's deposits of clay. Price:SOLD
Salt Glazed #6 Churn with Cobalt Blue Star Decoration Item #: G2386 Description: Salt glazed stoneware crock churn with Albany slip brown interior glaze. Stenciled #6 and Star in cobalt blue. Materials: Glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 18". Width: 10". Depth: 10". Locality and Period: Ohio east to Missouri. c. 1880. Comments: Unusual star decoration. Price:SOLD
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The Buckeye Pottery Co. #13 Salt Glaze Crock Item #: G2317 Description: Rare 13 gallon salt glazed crock with cobalt blue stenciled label. Albany slip glaze interior. Materials: Salt glazed stoneware. Dimensions: Height: 19". Width: 17-1/2". Depth: 16-1/2". Locality and Period: Labeled Macomb, Ill. c. 1885. Comments: Joseph Peck, native of Bohemia, emigrated to America in 1852. He lived in Wisconsin and Ohio. In Macomb, Ill. he founded Joseph Pech and Sons in 1882, which later became known as The Buckeye Pottery Company. 5-1/2" hairline crack running from rim down, just left of the #13. Price:SOLD
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Salt Glazed Beehive Jug from Calhoun, Missouri Item #: G2247 Description: X Materials: X Dimensions: Height: 11-1/4". Width: 9-1/4". Locality and Period: Marked "From Edwards & Minish, Calhoun, MO. Comments: X Price:SOLD
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Western Stoneware #5 Crock with Bail Handles Item #: G2175 Description: Straight sided crock with molded rim and wire and wood bail handles. Cobalt blue stenciled leaf decoration and makers mark inside a maple leaf "Western Stoneware Co. Monmouth, Ill." and the number 5. Dimensions: Height: 13-1/2". Width: 13-1/2". Price:SOLD
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Brown & Tan #5 Jug Item #: G2123 Description: Rare large 5 gallon jug with ear handle. Dimensions: Height: 20". Width: 11". Price:SOLD
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#3 Cobalt Decorated Salt Glazed Crock Item #: G2143 Description: Salt glazed stoneware crock with applied handles and cobalt blue decoration. Dimensions: Height: 13-1/2". Width: 10". Price:SOLD
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Salt Glaze Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Lazy 6 and Bee Sting Item #: G2206 Description: Salt glazed stoneware #6 crock having ear handles and cobalt decoration of a "Lazy 6" and bee sting. Interior Albany slip glaze. Dimensions: Height: 15-1/2". Width: 12". Price:SOLD
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White Hall Illinois #6 Crock with Bail Handles Item #: G2191 Description: #6 stoneware crock stenciled by maker White Hall of Illinois having original wood and wire bail handles and lovely crackled finish. Dimensions: Height: 14". Width: 13". Price:SOLD
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Robinson Ransbottom #6 Water Cooler w/Lid Item #: G2111 Description: Large 6 gallon water cooler with blue horizontal lines and crown and rare original lid. Dimensions: Height: 18". Width: 13". Price:SOLD
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Stoneware Crock with Speckeled Glaze Item #: G2164 Description: X Dimensions: Height: 9". Width: 6-3/4". Price:SOLD
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#6 Red Wing Crock with Handles Item #: G2118 Description: Red Wing crock with 1915 patent date and bail handles. Dimensions: Height: 14-1/2". Width: 14". Price:SOLD
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Salt Glaze Preserve Jar Item #: G2122 Description: Salt glaze stoneware preserve jar. Dimensions: Height: 8". Width: 5-3/4". Price:SOLD
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Marshall Pottery #3 Crock & Lid Item #: G2073 Description: X Dimensions: Height: 12-1/2". Width: 12". Price:SOLD
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Red Wing #4 Crock with Handles Item #: G2072 Description: X Dimensions: Height: 12". Width: 12-1/2". Price:SOLD
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Salt Glazed Stoneware Jug with "Turkey Droppings" Item #: G2043 Description: X Dimensions: Height: 11". Width: 8". Price:SOLD
