6 Gallon Stoneware Crock Western Pottery Mfg Co Denver Colorado 12" A x 14" H

Stoneware Canning Crock
Western Pottery Mfg. Co.
Denver Colorado
Circa 1906-1936
Rare 6 Gallon Size
Built in Handles on Sides
Very Nice Condition
No Chips or Cracks
Measures 12" Across x 14" Tall
Estate Find
Thank You For Looking

William Long was the Art Director
at Weller Pottery of Ohio until 1895.
He left Weller Pottery and moved to Denver
Colorado and created his own company;
Western China and Pottery Co.
and then in 1906, sold his business to
The Western Pottery Trust, managed by
Merritt W Gano to control all pottery
trade west of the Mississippi River.
The trust named their new company
Western Pottery Mfg. Co. which
operated until 1936 when it closed.

Ironically, another pottery company
of similar name was also formed in 1906;
The Western Stoneware Company.
This company was the result of a
merger of 7 midwestern companies:
Monmouth Pottery Co.
Weir Pottery Co.
Macomb Stoneware Co.
Macomb Pottery Co.
Culbertson Stoneware Co.
Clinton Stoneware Co.
Fort Dodge Stoneware Co.