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Gail, you have a 5 gallon salt glaze churn. The markings are known as a "lazy eight target mark". Churns with this marking were manufactured by both Red Wing Stoneware and the Western Stoneware Companies. Your churn will date anywhere from 1878 to 1895. By looking at just the front of the churn, I cannot be certain if you churn is Red Wing or Western. The approximate valve is between $200 & $300 if there is no damage to the churn. Hope this helps. Al Kohlman

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Jim, your 8 gallon Red Wing transition Cooler with the hexagon bung hole is rare. The bung hole is from the early salt glaze era and was eliminated during the style changes from Ice Waters to Water Coolers. You will find some Ice Waters with hexagon bung holes, but very few Water Coolers. The last catalog showing hexagon bung holes was 1895. So it is hard to give a date as to when your Cooler was manufactured. However, it had to be in the first stages in theproduction of Water Coolers. With the tight spider, I
would value your Cooler in the range of $1300 to$1800. Al Kohlman

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T.C. thanks for the photo as this helps me better understand your question. The photo looks like the Minnesota White High butter crocks. The 1 quart size is the most difficult to find and are valued around $100. The concave bottom however does sound like an early beater jar, but I have never heard or seen a bottom marked beater jar such as yours. You may indeed have an odd ball, but either way, I would place the value at $100 do to no decorations and the concave bottom being the only factor that would or might separate it from a white high signed butter crock. Al Kohlman

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Sandy, If your 30 gallon Red Wing crock with the double set of birch leaves has nice markings, the value is in the area of $400 to $450. Al Kohlman

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Darla, if your mother’s 40 gallon crocks are free of cracks, hairline or major chips and have nice markings, they have a value of approximately $1000 each. Al Kohlman