From The Great Western Cook Book by Angelina Maria Collins (1857) & Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book by Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (1884): Many recipes call for a pickle pot or a firkin (a water-tight barrel) for making pickles. This example is a ceramic crock, which is still used for pickle making today.
The great western cook book : or, Table receipts, adapted to western housewifery, available at: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5z960 Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book : what to do and what not to do in cooking, available at: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5nd67
