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OBJECT TYPE: STONEWARE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0126.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: 23.5 cm
Height: 23.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Food processing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: TYPE OF PRODUCT MADE BY ALBERTON POTTERY FACTORY IN MEDICINE HAT, WHICH WILL BECOME, BY 1929, THE MOST IMPORTANT CENTRE IN CANADA FOR POTTERY UNTIL THE 1960'S.
Function: USED TO CONTAIN OR STORE FOODSTUFF. THESE PARTICULAR CROCKS WERE USED TO SELL FLOWERS SUCH AS GLADIOLAS
Technical: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POTTERY INDUSTRY IN ALBERTA, SPECIFICALLY IN MEDICINE HAT, WAS FAVORED BECAUSE OF THE ABUNDANT GAS SUPPLY, A CLEAN BURNING FUEL WHERE THE TEMPERATURE COULD BE MAINTAINED
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 BLACK PRINT ON EXTERIOR READS: "4/ IMPERIAL"/ BELOW IN OVAL READS: "MEDALTA/ POTTERIES LTD./ MEDICINE HAT/ ALBERTA"/ INDENTED ON BOTTOM OF CROCK READS: "4"/.2 BLUE PRINT ON EXTERIOR READS: "2"/ HANDWRITTEN LABEL ON BOTTOM OF CROCK READS: "2 BOWLS BENEATH"
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1 CREAM COLOURED FINISHED INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR/.2 CREAM AND BROWN COLOURED EXTERIOR FINISH; BROWN COLOURED INTERIOR FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Crock, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0126, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0126.002/

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