General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 &.2 GLAZED EARTHENWARE CROCK

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

30.5 cm

Height

33.5 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Food processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MEDALTA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

City

Medicine Hat

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