Cylindrical shaped body with brown glaze on top of outer wall; uncolored glase on bottom of outside wall; interior all brown; circular cover in brown glaze with band of uncolored encircling top 1 1/4" from edge; knob handle at center.
crocks
cookware
stenciling
stoneware (pottery)
Stoneware
Stenciled
CROCK
Stencil ""5"" in blue on lower section of body exterior; cover stamped ""5&6 GAL.""
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
12.75 (H), 13 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.703AB
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