sand glazed crock

1926/07 · Mar 10, 2007

I dug up this crock on the job site I am working on along with many other bottles
Is this typicaly refered to as a sand glazed crock? Is anyone familiar with this item?
any info would be gratefully accepted. I think the turn of the century house I am working on was built in the middle of a once had been dump. So far we have found 52 bottles in nice shape & many ,many broken ones.
Thanks a lot folks.
Regards, Ed

madman · Mar 10, 2007

hey ed great find! alot of times the pottery is broken, atleast on my end, its amazing you found the lid also, not sure on the type of glaze im sure wed all love to see a pix of the other bottles you dug mike

zanes_antiques · Mar 10, 2007

I believe it's referred to as "Salt Glaze". Any early crock like that with decoration is a great find. I can't wait to see bottles.

epgorge · Mar 10, 2007

Sand glaze is a rough glaze. Nice find. Greeat that it is intact. Lucky you.
Keep digging and posting. What bottles did you find?
[:-]
Joel

epgorge · Mar 10, 2007

Sand is silica and the more you use the more sandy the glaze. The salt glaze Zane speaks of is probably a process called salt reduction or mixing in salt during the firing. It makes the glaze do wierd things because of the chemical reaction during the firing. If this is rougher to the touch, it probably had more silica put in during the making of the glaze.

Joel

epgorge · Mar 10, 2007

I absolutely love the hand glazed flower.
J

epgorge · Mar 10, 2007

My wife is a potter and she says that is a choice piece. Me thinks it old.

Ep

1926/07 · Mar 10, 2007

thanks for the replies folks.. Would a guess of late 1800's be a close guess for the age of this crock?
Ed

epgorge · Mar 10, 2007

Is there any id on the bottom?

1926/07 · Mar 10, 2007

I have not found any form of ID at all.No writing on it anywhere.
Ed

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