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Question:
I have a "Dutch Girl" cookie jar. It was a wedding gift to my great grandparents in 1943. It says "REDWING USA" on the bottom and is also stamped "Redwing Pottery" and says "hand painted". It is approx. 11" high, it is all yellow except the lid, which is the top part of her dress and her arms, the dress part is brown. There is no damage at all, no chips or cracks of any kind.

Answer: The "Katrina" (Dutch girl) cookie jar was introduced by Red Wing in 1941, along with her friends Friar Tuck and Pierre the Chef. Price lists from 1942, 1943 and 1944 show them as being available in blue, yellow, and tan colors. An undated brochure, probably from the mid to late 1940s adds green as an available color. These three cookie jars were great sellers for Red Wing. Many thousands of them were made and production continued into the mid 1950s.

While these cookie jars are not at all rare, jars in excellent condition are not easy to find in any color. After years of use (often by the small hands of children more interested in the contents than the jar), these jars are usually chipped or cracked and have grease stains. The "wings" on Katrina’s hat are especially vulnerable to breakage. A Katrina cookie jar in excellent condition would be worth up to $100 in the yellow or tan colors, with another $25 to $50 for blue. Green would be worth more because the color is less common.

Larry