[MSN] museum theft. Antique Crock Stolen From Oyster Bay, N.Y. Museum

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Antique Crock Stolen From Oyster Bay, N.Y. Museum
    Oct 2nd, 2007  



Missing is this two-gallon, Brown Brothers, Huntington, L.I., crock, beige
with blue slip decoration with the letters "C & H" and four semisymmetrical
flowers, approximately 10 inches in diameter, 9 inches high. There is a
number "2" stamped on the front of the crock between the top two flowers.
Oyster Bay, N.Y.:The Nassau County Police Department is investigating a
petty larceny reported by the Raynham Hall Museum, an historic house museum
owned and occupied by the Townsend family during the colonial and Victorian
time periods.

The museum is missing a piece of earthenware, a Brown Brother's crock.
Bearing a Brown Brothers Huntington, L.I. stamp, the two-gallon crock
measuring about 10 inches in diameter and 9 inches high is beige with blue
slip decoration with the letters "C & H" and four semisymmetrical (two on
top/two on bottom) flowers sprouting from one stem. There is a number "2"
stamped on the front of the crock between the top two flowers.

Anyone having information about this item is asked to contact the Nassau
County Police Department at 516-573-6253, referencing case report #
207CR0080822.

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