A charming antique 1 gallon salt glazed stoneware crock featuring applied side lug handles, impressed “1” capacity mark, and bold freehand floral cobalt blue decoration across the front with additional cobalt accents at the handle terminals. The crock has a warm tan and gray salt glaze surface with attractive orange-peel texture, darker glazed interior, and honest age-related wear throughout. Condition shows surface staining, glaze wear, rim roughness and small chips, base wear, and a visible vertical hairline near the upper body/rim area, as shown. A decorative early utilitarian stoneware piece with strong country appeal and classic cobalt decoration, ideal for display in a farmhouse, primitive, or Americana collection. Approx. dimensions (in): 8.5 x 7.75 x 7.25.