Question:
Here are a couple of neat pieces of Red Wing in my collection.
The first two pictures(front & back) is a advertising pantry jar (I believe). There is one little nick on the inside rim and it measures 6 1/2 in wide x 5 in high. Can you tell me what size of a pantry jar this is and it’s approx value?
Picture #3 is a 4 & 5 gallon Minnesota Stoneware leaf crock. Both are in almost perfect condition. The 4 is bottom stamped but the 5 is not. What is the approx value?
Picture #4 is a complete set of brown top wing jugs. They are in great shape but the 1/2 gallon has some factory glaze imperfections. There is also a perfect 5 gallon beehive jug in the pic. What is approx value.
I would appreciate your input.
Thanks, Dru
Answer:
Dru, your advertising Red Wing pantry jar without the lid and small chip has a value between $400 & $500. It is a 5 pounder and the Fennimore advertising is the most common found on this jar. Your bottom signed 4 gallon leaf crock has a value between $500 & $550. The 5 gallon leaf crock has a value between $375 & 475. That 4 leaf crock has a much stronger leaf than the 5 and is bottom signed to boot. So this is why the higher value falls on the 4. The set of winged brown tops is pretty standard. 1/2 gallon $200 ot $225, 1 gallon $200to $225 & 2 gallon $450. They need to be dead mint and gorgeous to hit this value. Lastly is the 5 gallon winged beehive. These are down some. In perfect condition $275 to $300. Al Kohlman