1800s Primitive Redware Apple Butter Crock Rolled Rim Southeastern Pennsylvania

Description: An antique redware apple butter crock from Southeastern Pennsylvania. The crock, which has a round flat base has rounded sides ending in a shaped or rolled rim with a rounded top, which extends outwards. The crock is glazed on the inside with an orangish-brown coloring but it is not glazed on the outside. The outside has splotches that are dark in color and a few glaze spots over the unglazed redware. These splotches and glaze spots are most likely an artifact of the primitive making process. The base is also unglazed and has the usual red coloring of unglazed redware. This primitive crock has a very interesting uneven exterior patina or coloring with various shades of unglazed redware coloring, blackish coloring possibly from the firing, and spots of glaze possibly an artifact of the making. The interior has a nice orangish-brown coloring showing lines resulting from shaping the piece over a wheel. This primitive piece is very well made and is nicely rounded which is a te