Question:
Al – Did Red Wing ever make Water Coolers "other than" the standard hour-glass shaped ones that Red Wing produced for water coolers and ice waters. I have a chance to purchase an 8-gallon, Salt-glazed water cooler shaped like a standard stoneware crock. It is taller and slimmer than a typical 8-gallon crock, and is flawless and undamaged. It has a beautiful cobalt 8, with cobalt tornado design below it. It has the typical spigot hole, flush with the crock surface. It is not signed, and thus no tell-tale Red Wing markings. It has two side handles like a typical crock, which appear to be the typical Red Wing shape, and are about 5" in width. So did Red Wing ever make anything like this? Thanks. Chris

Answer: Chris, Red Wing did indeed produce straight sided coolers. However, so did every other pottery in the mid-west. So it could be Red Wing or or another pottery. Still nice to look at. Al Kohlman