{"id":19832,"date":"2011-04-13T04:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/?p=19832"},"modified":"2011-04-12T21:59:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T04:59:21","slug":"the-humble-stoneware-crock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/accessories\/the-humble-stoneware-crock\/","title":{"rendered":"The Humble Stoneware Crock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stoneware crock became a houseware staple around 1720 in the North East United States, typically bearing a salt glaze and cobalt oxide blue stamps of the potters who made them.  They&#8217;re incredibly sturdy, relatively inexpensive and simple in execution. <\/p>\n<p>The wide mouth and base make the 1 gallon crock perfect for kitchen utensil storage and it&#8217;s heavy enough that I don&#8217;t have to worry about it tipping over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greytheblog.com\/2010\/08\/canvas.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Image above from Grey<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"From Amazon\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/stonewarecrock.jpg?w=513&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nFive Gallon crock, $109.00 &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ohio-Stoneware-Fashion-Crock-Gallon\/dp\/B002P4RISG\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=home-garden&#038;qid=1302669774&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"> Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other possible uses:<\/strong><br \/>\nVase<br \/>\nPlanter<br \/>\nFirewood holder<br \/>\nWet umbrella holder<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stoneware Crock from Lonny\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/stonewarecrock3.jpg?w=513&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lonnymag.com\/issues\/19-trad-home\/pages\/1#p164\" class=\"broken_link\">Image from Lonny Mag<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stoneware Crock from Ascot Friday\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/stonewarecrock2.jpg?w=513&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ascotfriday.typepad.com\/ascot_friday\/2011\/03\/shut-the-front-door.html\" class=\"broken_link\">Image from Ascot Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stoneware crock became a houseware staple around 1720 in the North East United States, typically bearing a salt glaze and cobalt oxide blue stamps of the potters who made them. They&#8217;re incredibly sturdy, relatively inexpensive and simple in execution. The wide mouth and base make the 1 gallon crock perfect for kitchen utensil storage [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[120,159],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/stonewarecrock.jpg?fit=513%2C377&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}