Question:

Hi,

Thanks for your recent appraisals. I have a couple more items I would like your opinion on.

The first one is a 2 gallon advertising crock which appears to be Redwing. It belongs to a co-worker of mine. She is from northern Wisconsin and it has been in her family for many years. I think it’s a great piece! Sorry to say, it has a hole drilled in the base.  ?

The second item is a butter crock which I acquired at a yard sale in Red Wing during last summers Convention. I recently was able to purchase the lid, which I believe is correct. The lid has a glazed over chip on the rim and the crock has 2 small chips on the base.

Thanks

Andy

Answer:

Andy, the 2 gallon advertising crock is a great piece.  It is to bad that someone drilled a hole in the bottom of it. Value with the hole drilled $800 to $1000.  Your Red Wing butter jar with lid and two small base chips, $175 to $200.   Al Kohlman

Question:

Hello,  my name is Maureen.  I’d like to downsize my many decades of collecting, including crocks.  I particularly like advertising and designs in blue.  I’d like to start with my koverwate.  It’s 10″ in diameter, a very blue 5 inside base, 5 holes in base, 2 on each side, and a very blue square on side, stamped koverwate with 6 following lines. No cracks or chips, 2 very light hairline lines(?) about 1 or 2″ long inside base, but very solid under base. Glaze is shiny, smooth, and the shade of all my stamped red wings.  It’s coloring is very nice.  I’d appreciate info on it’s value.

Thank you,  Maureen

Answer:

Maureen, with the 2 very tight hairlines, your Red Wing 5 gallon koverwate would have a value right around $150.  Red Wing collectors love their koverwates, however, they want them mint and even though the hairlines are tight and only 1 to 2 inches long, they are just that hairlines.   I wish you well with your downsizing.  Al Kohlman

Question:

Hello Al,

I have not been able to find any information on this marked slop jar I purchased (small chip on base) … Also, I have an opportunity to buy a North Star preserve 1 gallon albany glazed jar, but I am not sure what to purchase it for … it does have two small chips on lip … Any info on value on these would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Douglas

Answer:

A one gallon NS jar would sell for about $225.

The signed slop jar is very difficult to find and valued about $800-1000.

Question:

I have a Union Crock that belonged to my Grandmother (lived in Gibbon MN). I’m trying to get some information on the age and it’s value (it has a chip in the top edge, shown in the photo). I believe she used this for making pickles.

Thanks

Mike

Answer:

Mike, your grandmother has a Minnesota Stoneware Company 5 gallon birch leaf butter churn that was produced between 1906 & 1909.  With the small chip on the rim the value is between $150 & $175.     Al Kohlman

Question:

Hi..I was wondering what you could tell me about my crock, it has a dark brown/black glaze inside an 2 tiny chips off the inside rim..what would its value be?

Answer:

Tom, you have a Red Wing salt glazed 2 gallon target marked crock that was produced sometime between 1877 & 1895.  The value is between $100 & $125.  Al Kohlman

Question:

Hello,

This crock was originally from my great aunt and uncle. I was curious of the age and value. I looked through your website and couldn’t find anything exactly like it. As you can see in the photos, it doesn’t have handles or an oval. Is it pre 1915 with no handles? It does have a hairline crack.

Thanks so much for your time!

Erik

Hello,

This crock was originally from my great aunt and uncle. I was curious of the age and value. I looked through your website and couldn’t find anything exactly like it. As you can see in the photos, it doesn’t have handles or an oval. Is it pre 1915 with no handles? It does have a hairline crack.

Thanks so much for your time!

Erik

Answer:

Eric, your 10 gallon six inch Red Wing crock was produced between 1909 &1915.  With the hairline crack the value is between $50 & $75.   Hope this helps.  Al Kohlman

Question:

I have a Red Wing pottery Cherry Band pitcher with “Souvenir of Webster, Wis.” on it.  There are no markings of any kind on the bottom.  (Pictures attached)  Any idea of its age/value?

I contacted the Webster Chamber of Commerce but they didn’t know anything about it.

Joan

Answer:

Joan, these Red Wing advertising pitchers first appeared in the Red Wing Stoneware catalog in 1916. The majority of these advertising pitchers were given away by Grocery, Dime Stores & even Coop’s of the town printed on them during the holidays to their better customers.  Value today on these advertising Cherry Band Pitchers is around $350 or so if in perfect condition.  Al Khlman

Question:

I picked this crock up at an auction about 50 years ago for $1.50. It has a chip on the top edge and the bottom.Have no idea of the value if I were to sell it. I’d appreciate your help.

Marcelline

Answer:

Marcelline, the chips on your Red Wing 15 gallon elephant ear crock are extremely minor and will not affect its value.  Value on your today is between $175 & $225.   Nice investment for $1.50!!!!!!!   Al Kohlman

Question:

Hi my name is Dana & Jen, both my wife and I are first year members of RWCS. I was at an Estate Auction this last weekend. This bottle was up and was listed at Red Wing Foot Warmer. The decal on the front says. SPORT GOODS, KENNEDY BROS. ARMS CO. SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA. I am a former Archaeologist and enjoy any type of history, pre-historic or historical. How rare is this jug. I don’t collect this type or Red Wing. It needs a home. Thanks, hope to hear from you.

This bottle has a brown glaze is 12″ high and has a diameter of 6 1/2″ is triangle shape, 3 sided and weighs 6 pounds 2.6 ounces.

Answer:

Dana & Jen, I have not seen this advertising on a Red Wing foot warmer before.  This sticker may have been added to the foot warmer either by a company employee, someone applying the sticker and trying to push this off as a Red Wing advertising piece or just a piece that was near when someone acquired the sticker and wanted to place it on something.  If the company wanted advertising on this piece from the Red Wing Stoneware Company, they would have commission Red Wing to apply an ink stencil under the glaze.  I know of no applied sticker advertising ever being produced by Red Wing.  With all this being said, your Red Wing foot warmer without the cap would have a value in the area of $30 to $40.