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A sample 1 gallon crock made by Uhl Pottery Company. Uhl Pottery refers to a collection of items produced by the Uhl Pottery Company. Originally based in Evansville, Indiana in the late 19th century, the company moved to Huntingburg, Indiana where it operated until closure in the 1940s.
Among the products manufactured were beanpots, butter churns, crocks, mixing bowls, and water coolers. [1] During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the company's officers permitted travellers to use the cooling kilns as a temporary accommodation as they crossed the country in search of work. The kilns could house up to 40 people overnight ...
A barrel-type butter churn A typical plunger-type butter churn used by American pioneers A paddle butter churn. A butter churn is a device used to convert cream into butter, a process known as churning. This is done through a mechanical process, frequently via a pole inserted through the lid of the churn, or via a crank used to turn a rotating ...
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A crock is a pottery container sometimes used for food and water, synonymous with the word pot, and sometimes used for chemicals. Derivative terms include crockery and crock-pot . Crocks, or "preserving crocks", were used in household kitchens before refrigeration to hold and preserve foods such as butter, salted meats, and pickled vegetables.
Canadian farm girl churning butter, 1893. Churning is the process of shaking up cream or whole milk to make butter, usually using a device called butter churn. In Europe from the Middle Ages until the Industrial Revolution, a churn was usually as simple as a barrel with a plunger in it, moved by hand. These have mostly been replaced by ...
Exterior of the company's Visitor Center in 2008. Stoneware & Co., which was previously known by various other names including the J. B. Taylor Company and Louisville Stoneware until sometime after its sale in July 2007, is a stoneware-producing company located in the Highlands section of Louisville, Kentucky.
[4] California Dresden: Glendale: 1951–1954: Figurines & art ware [14] California Figurine Company (Weil of California after 1946) Los Angeles: 1941–1946 "Weil Ware" giftware, artware, tableware & figurines [4] California Originals: Torrance: 1955–1982: Kitchenware, giftware [4] California Pottery and Tile Works: Los Angeles: 1994 ...