USA Stoneware | Stoneware Grease Jar

Standard color as priced in the white or blue stripe. You may choose other colors using the drop-down box at the top of the page. Some colors are hand-painted and signed by the artist. Please note: the rooster, red apple, and summer splendor design is a decal and is not hand painted. The Poppy Seed design will include flowers in both blue and peach, which may be on opposite sides of the stoneware.

See color samples in the click to enlarge pictures of various product examples. The white will be the same color as the other blue stripe products. Depending on where it is in the kiln the actual white colors may vary between cream and white with some grayish hue or even towards a tan, beige color. Another characteristic of old-fashioned hand-turned pottery.

Stoneware can also be personalized for $12 using the drop-down box option at the top of the page. In the comment section at checkout please leave us the name that you would like added or e-mail it to us. Personalized names and messages will be hand-painted.

The standard blue stripe may take 3-4 weeks to ship. Most of the colors including white and personalized items are custom-made per order and may take around 8 weeks to ship.

Stoneware Pottery is USA-made in Texas by a small family-owned and operated pottery company, which has been making quality pottery for over 22 years.  Each piece is hand turned by a master potter, hand-painted or finished, and then coated with a lead-free glaze.

Because pottery is hand turned dimensions may vary slightly. Stoneware pottery may also develop small imperfections during the firing and glazing process. All food contact surfaces are inspected for such imperfections before shipping. The outside may have imperfections that add to the character of the stoneware.

Note: Grease from cured bacon keeps well in this crock. Grease from other uncured meats such as hamburger will turn rancid.

The inside of the jar is glazed.  The lid top is glazed, but the underside of the lid is unglazed just like the old crocks were made. This is to prevent the lid from sticking inside the kiln. 

We checked our own collection and found many of the antique pottery jar lids including butter churn lids were made unglazed on the bottom side of the lids. Our pottery maker indicates the lids would stick to the kiln floor if they glaze the bottom side.