Question:

Al, I have a 4 gallon salt glaze lazy 8 target crock, no chips or cracks, there are couple of very small flea bite chips on one handle, and one on the other handle, what I think make it special it is back stamped, I have never seen a small gallon crock stamped, I have seen a couple in books, but never in the eight years I have been buying, and selling crocks, I mostly seen them in 12 gallons and higher, don’t think I’ve seen them even in the 10 gallon size, my question is, how rare is it to find the stamp in the small gallon, also does where the stamp is on the crock make it more valuable (front-side-back), I am attaching pics, thank you. (Woody)

Answer:

Woody, these small Red Wing Salt glazed side stamped crocks are around and can be about as hard to find stamped as the larger ones.   Also, having the crock front stamped verses back or side stamped does assist in increasing it’s value.  Your pieces as I see it is valued in the area of $800 or so.  Al Kohlman