Item 10901
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Tiny 1 Gallon Stoneware Crock made for "H. C. Ward, Stoneware Depot, Zanesville, O." 
 
Hudson Chaplin Ward was a stoneware distributor in the 1860's to 1880's (Jim Murphy's Checklist of 19th-Century Bluebird Potters and Potteries in Muskingham County, Ohio, pp. 408-411). 
 
Dating to the 1880's, this beauty features a Small Size, and the Company Name, Product, and Address in 4 Lines of Stenciled Cobalt Advertising. Don't you just love the title, "Stoneware Depot!" Measures just 7 3/4" tall and 7 1/2" wide across the top.  
 
Excellent Condition. Some light glaze wear on the back.  Otherwise, as made!
 
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