ROBBYBOBBY64
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Thanks, I will relay this information and new images. I have to say, it looks like it was never used. If it was maybe just water as you said in a previous post.Yes, southern Pa. is where the barn is...it's still there.
I just measured it for the first time...interesting...it is 13 inches from tip to tip across the "football" and 13 inches tall from base to top of handle. Very close anyway.
It weighs 4 pounds 8 ounces.
No markings at all when it comes to names, maker's marks, and so on.
It just has those neat little snakes and frowns all over it.
It's white and it looks to me to be made out of clay or a terra cotta material more than stoneware or crock. The funny swirls and dots all over it are strange. Do they have meaning or are they just abstract decoration?. It looks Meso-American or Pre-Columbian or from some other ancient civilization. The big spout side has different decoration than the little spout side. Meaning?. Two frowns parallel on the little spout and one large diagonal frown on the larger spout. Are those squiggles represent snakes?. Looks like it but I'm not sure.
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