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- Six Gallon Stoneware Crock, 1870-1890 - This crock was made of a durable, leak-proof pottery called stoneware, shaped on a potter's wheel. The orange-peel-like outer glaze was created when the potter threw handfuls of common rock salt into a white-hot kiln during the piece's firing. Salt-glazed stoneware pieces were decorated with an amazing array of designs, including the patriotic motifs on this piece.
- 1870-1890
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Six Gallon Stoneware Crock, 1870-1890
This crock was made of a durable, leak-proof pottery called stoneware, shaped on a potter's wheel. The orange-peel-like outer glaze was created when the potter threw handfuls of common rock salt into a white-hot kiln during the piece's firing. Salt-glazed stoneware pieces were decorated with an amazing array of designs, including the patriotic motifs on this piece.
- Pottery Tongs -
- Collections - Artifact
Pottery Tongs
- Sunbeam Slow Cooker Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The acquisition included some materials used by the family after the voting rights struggle. The post-1965 items retained help document Black American middle-class life in the late twentieth century.
- 1980-1989
- Collections - Artifact
Sunbeam Slow Cooker Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The acquisition included some materials used by the family after the voting rights struggle. The post-1965 items retained help document Black American middle-class life in the late twentieth century.
- Heinz's Pineapple Preserves Crock, 1890-1920 - H.J. Heinz entered the processed food industry in 1869 when he began selling horseradish out of his family home. Upon achieving success his product line quickly expanded to include other products such as pickled foods, condiments, and preserves. Of his many varieties several were preserves, which were sold in jars or crocks like the one seen here.
- 1890-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Heinz's Pineapple Preserves Crock, 1890-1920
H.J. Heinz entered the processed food industry in 1869 when he began selling horseradish out of his family home. Upon achieving success his product line quickly expanded to include other products such as pickled foods, condiments, and preserves. Of his many varieties several were preserves, which were sold in jars or crocks like the one seen here.
- Lewis & Cady "Our Next President" Presidential Election Crock, circa 1860 - This crock was made of a durable, leak-proof pottery called stoneware. The orange-peel-like outer glaze was created when the potter threw handfuls of common rock salt into a white-hot kiln during the piece's firing. Salt-glazed stoneware pieces were decorated with an array of designs, including this caricatured image of Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas from the 1860 Presidential campaign.
- circa 1860
- Collections - Artifact
Lewis & Cady "Our Next President" Presidential Election Crock, circa 1860
This crock was made of a durable, leak-proof pottery called stoneware. The orange-peel-like outer glaze was created when the potter threw handfuls of common rock salt into a white-hot kiln during the piece's firing. Salt-glazed stoneware pieces were decorated with an array of designs, including this caricatured image of Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas from the 1860 Presidential campaign.
- Crock, 1892-1945 -
- 1892-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Crock, 1892-1945
- Crock -
- Collections - Artifact
Crock
- Pottery Tongs -
- Collections - Artifact
Pottery Tongs
- Cream Crock, 1800-1899 -
- 1800-1899
- Collections - Artifact
Cream Crock, 1800-1899
- Crock Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama -
- Collections - Artifact
Crock Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama