Question:
In our kitchen now sits one of my husband’s favorite childhood memories: a Red Wing Pottery cookie jar – it is a rotund baker with apron, hat and watch chain in a light mustard color, and absolutely pristine condition. It is such a joy to behold! Any idea when it made or where? He was born In was born (’46) and raised in Glendale (adjacent to L.A. Calif.)

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Answer:

The Chef Pierre cookie jar was introduced by Red Wing in 1941, along with his friends Katrina the Dutch girl and Friar Tuck. 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. The early brochures refer to the jar as "Pierre the Chef".

These three cookie jars were great sellers for Red Wing. Many thousands of them were made and production continued into the mid 1950s. By then Katrina and Friar Tuck were dropped from production, but the Chef continued on along with several newly introduced cookie jar shapes. An brochure from 1956 lists fleck pink and fleck blue as the only two available colors. This is probably the last year of production for the Chef as he does not appear in a 1957 dealers price list.

Red Wing Pottery was made in Red Wing, Minnesota. The business closed in 1967.