Question:
I have a 3 Gallon Red Wing Butter Churn that has the original WOOD lid. If you look in the price list of churn lids on page 57 of the "Red Wing Potters & Their Wares" Second Edition by Gary and Bonnie Tefft you will see that Red Wing did offer WOOD churn lids and dashers. The price list came from the Minnesota Historical Society and is listed as an 1895 MSCo advertisement. They were priced at $1.00 and $1.50 respectively. My churn was purchased from an old farmer in upper Wisconsin that had bought both directly from the Red Wing Pottery. If you would like to see a picture of the cover I would be glad to send you as many as you like. I am sending a picture of the page I mentioned.

Answer: I was aware of the advertising for wood churn lids, but I have never see an original wooden churn lid that came from the Red Wing Stoneware Company. Of all the Red Wing Stoneware collectors I know, they all look for the original Red Wing stoneware lids. With this being said, I would not have an idea what the value of one of these wood lids would be nor could I say, it was indeed a Red Wing original wooden churn lid. However, it only made sense to have these wooden lids available as one could only guess how often the stoneware lids were broken. Al Kohlman