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Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/18/2008 12:24:40 AM    KentOhio   Posts: 730 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline I bought this piece of stoneware earlier this week. I just had to have it. The only thing, though, is I don't know exactly what it is. It looks like it's a gallon size, and has a pitcher-type handle on one side and a crock-like handle on the other side. It also looks like it used to have a stoneware lid. Besides its use, does anyone have opinions on its age, place of origin, or value? Attachment (1) < Message edited by KentOhio -- 7/18/2008 12:36:07 AM > Post #: 1

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/18/2008 12:27:29 AM    KentOhio   Posts: 730 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline The side. Attachment (1) < Message edited by KentOhio -- 7/18/2008 12:33:14 AM > (in reply to KentOhio) Post #: 2

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/18/2008 12:37:49 AM    KentOhio   Posts: 730 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline The back side. Attachment (1) (in reply to KentOhio) Post #: 3

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/18/2008 12:39:04 AM    KentOhio   Posts: 730 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline Other side. Attachment (1) (in reply to KentOhio) Post #: 4

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/18/2008 12:45:53 AM    glass man Posts: 1692 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: online I LIKE IT ! THE blue painting on it looks awfully ameturish[like my spelling] _____________________________ I know You've got mountains that you think you cannot climb Your skies are dark You think the sun won't shine Case you don't know The WORD OF GOD is true! ALL HE PROMISED HE WILL DO IT FOR YOU! JESUS IS THE ANSWER FOR THE WORLD TODAY JESUS IS THE WAY! (in reply to KentOhio) Post #: 5

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/18/2008 1:08:11 AM    capsoda Posts: 7866 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline It is what my grand dad called a "johnny pot"  There is a proper name for it but it slips my mind at the moment. It was used in the winter down in the south so you wouldn't have to go to the outhouse in the middle of a cold winter night. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to glass man) Post #: 6

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/18/2008 1:13:32 AM    glass man Posts: 1692 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: online OK CAP. !When I was a kid we lived in a house that didn't have indoor plumbling and wise we had something as decorative as this stoneware pot. < Message edited by glass man -- 7/18/2008 1:14:08 AM > _____________________________ I know You've got mountains that you think you cannot climb Your skies are dark You think the sun won't shine Case you don't know The WORD OF GOD is true! ALL HE PROMISED HE WILL DO IT FOR YOU! JESUS IS THE ANSWER FOR THE WORLD TODAY JESUS IS THE WAY! (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 7

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/18/2008 7:33:21 PM    Dansalata   Posts: 296 Joined: 10/18/2005 Status: offline CHAMBER POT _____________________________ DANSALATA (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 8

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/18/2008 11:30:36 PM    California Dream N   Posts: 187 Joined: 12/28/2006 Status: offline Honey Pot..Thunder Mug...lol..All kidding aside.... If that is what it is. I think it is one of the prettiest ones I have ever seen..Price wise I wouldn't have a clue ..Congrats... Norene (in reply to Dansalata) Post #: 9

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/21/2008 7:41:12 PM    Calico   Posts: 64 Joined: 4/27/2006 Status: offline BEAUTIFUL ! Cobalt decorated stoneware chamber pots are rare, not to mention the bird decoration which adds to the value. Unique applied strap handle and good shape, I could see this going for $350-$500 on Ebay. I love it ! (in reply to California Dream N) Post #: 10

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/21/2008 8:59:47 PM    baltbottles   Posts: 921 Joined: 11/25/2002 From: Baltimore Maryland Status: online I guess you all haven't seen many stoneware chamber pots. Because that form is of a bean pot. Chris _____________________________ Please visit my website at : www.geocities.com/baltbottles/index.html (in reply to Calico) Post #: 11

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/21/2008 11:06:45 PM    capsoda Posts: 7866 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Chris, May be a bean pot up there but down here I wouldn't eat any beans that came out of it. LOL  Beans, biscuts and corn bread are cooked in cast iron in the south. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to baltbottles) Post #: 12

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/23/2008 5:33:19 PM    baltbottles   Posts: 921 Joined: 11/25/2002 From: Baltimore Maryland Status: online lol Cap that may be the case but being its a northeastern made piece it would be considered a bean pot. Stoneware chamberpots of the same era and local look more like a large bowl with just one handle. The second handle would be very odd. If a second handle was going to be applied it would most likely be another large strap handel not the smaller ear type. The lip is another clue that thing looks very uncomfortable to sit on. Most chamber pots have a wide flared lip for comfort. Chris _____________________________ Please visit my website at : www.geocities.com/baltbottles/index.html (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 13

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/23/2008 6:05:08 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3776 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: online It's not a freaking bean pot or chamber for that matter. Looks like a storage vessel of some sort. Diary probably. _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8XDgVe2EU long lost recipe (in reply to baltbottles) Post #: 14

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/23/2008 7:04:28 PM    GACDIG   Posts: 231 Joined: 9/10/2006 From: Concord NC. Status: offline Poop or Beans which ever............... she is a beaut!!! _____________________________ Glenn YOU DIG IT ! http://www.geocities.com/gac3336/bottledigger.html (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 15

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/23/2008 11:09:01 PM    baltbottles   Posts: 921 Joined: 11/25/2002 From: Baltimore Maryland Status: online Its a type of vessel used for either cooking or food preperation The two handle types make lifting the vessel easily for trasnsporting it and for easy pouring. I find it funny when people look at redware and stoneware as storage and serving vessels when these things were made for many puropses and cooking is one of the major ones. Chris _____________________________ Please visit my website at : www.geocities.com/baltbottles/index.html (in reply to GACDIG) Post #: 16

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/23/2008 11:53:53 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3776 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: online quote: Its a type of vessel used for either cooking or food preperation The two handle types make lifting the vessel easily This is not a cooking vessel of any sort, bean or otherwise. Do you have documetation of the classic bean pot form? Ever seen a piece of stoneware that's  been stuffed full of beans and a few hog jowels and cooked in an unregulated 1880's wood fired stove? This thing held milk or butter, lard or last weeks bacon drippings, but it's very unlikely it was ever cooked in. _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8XDgVe2EU long lost recipe (in reply to baltbottles) Post #: 17

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/24/2008 7:42:12 AM    towhead Posts: 904 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline It's one of those large coffee mugs.... _____________________________ J (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 18

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/24/2008 7:07:36 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Gotta go with Lobey on this one.  That large handle on one side and the finger-grip handle on the other side is one of the characteristics of storage containers.  Both large and small.  No pottery expert, but see a lot going through the auctions. I would suppose thst the small handle would be usefull while lifting, but would be out of the way for pouring.  My 1/2 cents worth. _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to towhead) Post #: 19

RE: Odd stoneware-- what was it used for? - 7/24/2008 9:08:12 PM    glass man Posts: 1692 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: online If it was a chamber pot ,I SURE AM GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE TO EMPTY IT !! A HANDLE AND A EAR??? WOULD HAVE SLIPPED AND SPILLED ON ME EVERYTIME! _____________________________ I know You've got mountains that you think you cannot climb Your skies are dark You think the sun won't shine Case you don't know The WORD OF GOD is true! ALL HE PROMISED HE WILL DO IT FOR YOU! JESUS IS THE ANSWER FOR THE WORLD TODAY JESUS IS THE WAY! (in reply to logueb) Post #: 20

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