Farm archaeology find

[Tiempo]

I was just walking the property we're adding on to plan out its use and found this in an area that will be pasture for us, it has been pasture before, but not for many,many years. It's part of the original farm that we are on but had been sold off a long time ago and we are adding it back.

This was upside down and I thought it was a stepping stone..flipping it over, I was wrong.

It seems to be made from heavy stoneware and is very heavy. How long ago did they make these heavy glazed stoneware feed bowls?

[geo in mi]

Fifty years ago we had several very heavy non-tip rabbit bowls, but they were like glazed china(vitreous, like a toilet). They were more tapered toward the top, though, and had a smaller bowl so the rabbit couldn't hop in and walk around in it. When it froze, the ice just slipped out when it was turned over.

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[Tiempo]

This is about a foot across, the brown swirls in the glaze have kind of a 50's look, but IDK.

[Bret]

It is big. I think it dates back to the Ice Age. I can still see the snow.

[copperkid3]

That's a Canook feeding trough . . . carried south out of the Winnipeg area by the last glacier.

[Tiempo]

Smart alecs

[MO_cows]

I've never seen one like that. Can't believe it was unbroken.

[Tiempo]

Originally Posted by MO_cows

I've never seen one like that. Can't believe it was unbroken.

I'm really surprised it was neither broken or buried..the bottom was flush with the earth. It must've been there donkey's years.

It's unfortunate that the glaze is cracked in the bottom.

[plowhand]

WE've one that looks almost like it, use it for house critters water bowl...it's heavy enough they wont tip it over. Got another one that was part of a set of houseware that Grandpa had, green McKoy type pottery...with Mans' Best Friend wrote around the side. Age unknown, but Grandpa died in 1942 so it aint new.

[Bret]

Originally Posted by Tiempo

Smart alecs

We too have been uncovered.

Interesting find. So fun to find things from the past.

[blufford]

Are there any markings on the bottom?

[where I want to]

The history of plastic- http://inventors.about.com/od/pstart...a/plastics.htm

When I was young we had metal or concrete or even wood troughs. The metal rusted out, the wood rotted away and the concrete are still there.

[Nancy]

When we moved on our place 25 years ago we had one similar made out of cement. Use it as a base for a bucket as we turn it upside down

[Nancy]

We do have dog food bowls though that look like that and are made out of plastic.

[plowhand]

That's what I thought ours was made of...............but it rings like ceramic when you tap it

[Tiempo]

This looks like plastic, but it's definitely glazed stoneware. The bottom is unglazed and has no markings.

[MNBobcat]

Its not plastic, guys. Its not a dog dish either. Did the Huron Indians live in your area?

That's a Huron tribal ceremonial bowl made from a fired clay. Very rare. You should get it appraised.

[blooba]

Originally Posted by MNBobcat

Its not plastic, guys. Its not a dog dish either. Did the Huron Indians live in your area?

That's a Huron tribal ceremonial bowl made from a fired clay. Very rare. You should get it appraised.

Not that I know anything about anything but the bottom lip at the very bottom looks to be from mass manufacturing. That would only date it around 50 years old. Does it have any visible seams? Most would be made from a 2 piece mold.

Whatever it is looks pretty durable, unlike the stuff they make nowadays.

[Tiempo]

No seams and definitely commercially made

[Bat Farm]

We used to feed our chows using clay ware bowls that looked just like that. This was in the early 80's so it may be bordering on 'vintage'