Four-Gallon Churn

Probably Sterrett, Shelby County, Alabama, Possibly Blount County, Alabama

Late 1880s

  • Titles Four-Gallon Churn (Descriptive)
  • Medium glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions 18 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (47 x 24.1 x 21 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of the Weissman-Sellers Family in honor of Nancy Stone, AFI.128.2008
  • Work Type churn
  • Classification Containers

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