How do I know if my stoneware is valuable?

Identifying Antique Stoneware and Finding Comparable Prices

1. A shiny, glass-like surface with occasional bumps (salt particles)
2. Simple hand-painted decorations (usually cobalt blue ink)
3. Decorations were handcrafted beneath the surface of the glaze.
4. Hand-drawn or stenciled numbers and letters.

How do you age a crock?

Try to identify the age – There are certain marks that can tip you off to your crock’s age. If the crock has a pattern, and the name of the pattern is on the bottom, that means it was made after 1810. If the mark includes the word “limited” (or “Ltd”), then it was mad after 1861.

What were 25 gallon crocks used for?

Shown above from the right: six gallon crock used storing eggs; 10 gallon crock used for making sauerkraut; 25 gallon crock used to preserve pork; smaller crocks may have been used to store salt port. Photograph by Joe Reinschmidt who lives on the Parma farm where he was raised.

What is a 15 gallon Red Wing crock worth?

With the description you gave me, I would place the 15 gallon crock (only) between $100 & $150. Now the lid with the crack underneath, would be valued around $100 by itself.

Are old crocks worth money?

Collectively, antique stoneware crock values range from $500 to $400,000. However, actual antique crock selling prices depend on whether the crock has the iconic cobalt blue design.

What is the most valuable pottery to collect?

Setting Record for World’s Most Expensive Ceramic, Ru-ware Brush Washer Fetches US$37.7m. A tiny Ru-ware brush washer has become the world’s most expensive ceramic after it was sold at Hong Kong Sotheby’s for a record-breaking price.

How do you identify a Spongeware?

The bottom of a stoneware piece may be uncoated or unglazed. If you can see the ware on the bottom or on a chipped edge, it will look buff colored or gray (unlike earthenware which is white). If there is a chip on the piece and the ware is white and easy to flake off with a fingernail, it is earthenware.

What were old crocks used for?

Of greater value are stoneware crocks made in the 19th Century, as well as less common stoneware items such as hot water bottles, umbrellas stands and liquor and wine jugs. Your 12-gallon crock would be worth more if it had the lid. It currently sells at the retail level for apprioximately $100. Q.

How do I know if my crock is antique?

An antique crock typically has a thick structural wall, often with a telltale bow in the center. Antique crocks feature very simple freehand-painted decorations, usually executed in cobalt blue ink. Stenciled or hand-drawn letters and numbers also appear on most old crocks.

How much do old crocks sell for?

What is pottery Spongeware?

Spongeware: The name says it all. A sponge dipped in colored pigment is daubed onto a piece of earthenware pottery of a contrasting color, creating an overall mottled, “sponged” pattern. A clear glaze is applied, and the piece fired. Most spongeware, however, was factory-made, from the mid-1800s well into the 1930s.

What do the numbers on a crock mean?

A number can be found on most crocks. These numbers would either be painted or stamped on, or impressed into the crock. While different manufactures may have used different art styles and fonts, these numbers are not necessarily a direct indication of who made the crock.

How can you tell how old a crock is?

1 Study the crock’s design – Many antique crocks, like the one featured above, were often decorated with cobalt blue designs. 2 Try to identify the age – There are certain marks that can tip you off to your crock’s age. 3 Do you research – If you have a crock you’re unsure of, look it up online!

How can you tell if a crock was made in 1861?

If the crock has a pattern, and the name of the pattern is on the bottom, that means it was made after 1810. If the mark includes the word “limited” (or “Ltd”), then it was mad after 1861. If the mark has a country of origin, it was made after 1891.

How can I read the marks put on a crock?

As you can see in the image above, sometimes the marks put on a crock can be hard to read, either due to wear and tear, or because the mark was not clearly made to begin with. There are a few methods you could use to try and read these marks more clearly. Step 1) First, try using different lighting from different angles.