Three Pennsylvania Stoneware Cake Crocks

Second Half 19th Century

including a straight-sided unmarked half gallon example with free hand cobalt stripes and applied dashes, a one gallon example with flaring sides, and wide, open mouth, cobalt stenciled A.P. Dongahho, Fredericktown, PA and a one gallon straight-sided example with applied lug handles and free-hand floral cobalt motifs, with impressed chop mark of J Swank & Co. Johnstown, Pa. and capacity mark.

Height of largest 6 inches.
Condition Report: Swank with a few rim chips, a significant foot chip, and tight 6-inch vertical crack from rim across handle; glaze pocks to all.