Q: My mother died recently and wanted me to have her cookie jar. She always called it ‘Winnie.’ For at least 60 years, it sat on top of her refrigerator. It’s marked ‘USA’ on the bottom and still has the original green and gold palette-shaped sticker on the front that says it’s hand-painted. Winnie is wearing red shoes, a white hat with clovers painted around it, and a white coat with a red collar, gold buttons and a green shamrock on the pocket. Who made it and what is it worth?
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