Even the most ordinary-looking stoneware crock or jug sitting in a basement or attic could be hiding surprising value. The key is often found in the maker's mark - those small stamps, impressions, or ...

Stoneware crocks were made to store food or liquids for long or short periods of time. They were the Tupperware of the 19th century. Jugs found today originally had cork stoppers. Crocks were covered ...

Up until the 1700s, most stoneware in America was imported from Europe; the British prohibited American potters from making stoneware, ceramic, or porcelain pottery. When Americans were finally able ...

Many collectors are addicted to Early American crocks decorated with particular-and sometimes peculiar-designs which took the form of flowers, birds, beasts, people, objects and insects. These motifs ...

While I was at an antique shop recently, I stopped to admire a little pint-sized advertising stoneware jug. The piece was one of the little-known jugs marked, "J. Zachary, Rollingstone, Minnesota." ...

Boris Johnson’s popularity in Parliament remains high among shoppers after he topped the sales charts for novelty prime minister jugs. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you ...