crabstock

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Scope note
Motif resembling knotted, gnarled branches of a young crab apple tree, used as the form for handles and spouts that developed on 18th-century English stoneware, particularly that made by the Staffordshire, Leeds, Liverpool, and Derby potteries.
crabstock
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024