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Vol. 38 No. 5
N E W S L E T T E R
October 2013
The Best
Spittoon You’ve
Never Seen...
...Until Now
The Cobalt
“Boysenberry”
Decoration - the
Truth Exposed!
Pages 8-9
Red Wing’s
True China Line
Pages 10-11
MidWinter
GetTogether
Registration Info
Pages 12-13
Spittoon appears courtesy
of the Goodhue County
Historical Society.
R W C S C O N TA C T S
RWCS BUSINESS OFFICE
PO Box 50 • 2000 Old West Main St. • Suite 302
Pottery Place Mall • Red Wing, MN 55066-0050
651-388-4004 or 800-977-7927 • Fax: 651-388-4042
Executive Director: STACY WEGNER
[email protected]
[email protected]
Web site: www.redwingcollectors.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: DAN DEPASQUALE
2717 Driftwood Dr. • Niagara Falls, NY 14304-4584
716-216-4194 • [email protected]
Vice President: ANN TUCKER
1121 Somonauk • Sycamore, IL 60178
Secretary: JOHN SAGAT
7241 Emerson Ave. So. • Richfield, MN 55423-3067
Treasurer: MARK COLLINS
4724 N 112th Circle • Omaha, NE 68164-2119
Historian: STEVE BROWN
1744 Sagewood Street • Richland, WA 99352
Representative at Large: RUSSA ROBINSON
1970 Bowman Rd. • Stockton, CA 95206
Representative at Large: JERRY ERDMANN
W15416 Fair-Morr Rd. • Tigerton, WI 54486
Auction Manager: BRUCE SELFRIDGE
PO Box 1266 • Healdsburg, CA 95448
Commemorative Manager: BOB MORAWSKI
2130 S. Ridgeway Dr. • New Berlin, WI 53146
Education Manager: GLENN BEALL
215 W. 7th St. • Logan, IA 51546-1221
July Convention Support Personnel:
Pre-registration – jIM & kAREN kEYS
Heidi Hahlen
Show & Sale – DALE ERICKSON, 507-645-6771
[email protected]
Display Room – lAURA Beall
In
This
Issue...........
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6
Page 7
Page 8
Page 10
Page 12
Page 13
Page 14
Page 15
Page 16 News Briefs, About the Cover
Call for RWCS Board Nominations, 1920 Stoneware Ad
RWCS Foundation Update
Chapter News, Red Wing Saffron Ware Cookie Jars
60-Year Search for a Vizensky Advertising Crock
The Truth about the “Boysenberry” Decoration
Intro to Dinnerware: Red Wing’s True China Line
2014 MidWinter GetTogether information
MidWinter Registration Form
Classified Ads
Recent Finds
Goodhue County Historical Society Opens the Vault
MEMBERSHIP
A primary membership in the Red Wing Collectors Society is
$35 annually and an associate membership is $15.
There must be at least one primary member per household in order to have
associate membership. Members can pay for more than one year when renewing
their membership. Contact the RWCS Business Office for additional details.
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
RWCS Member Rick Natynski
PO Box 198
Pewaukee, WI 53072
[email protected] • 414-416-WING (9464)
The Red Wing Collectors Society, Inc. Newsletter is published bi-monthly by the
Red Wing Collectors Society, Inc. Suite 300 • 2000 West Main Street Red Wing, MN 55066.
Phone: 651-388-4004 Fax: 651-388-4042
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Copyright © 2013 by the Red Wing Collectors Society, Inc. All rights
reserved. The Red Wing Collectors Society, Inc. does not guarantee
the accuracy of articles submitted by individual members.
N e w s
Brief s
2014 MidWinter GetTogether
Registration Info in this Issue
C
an you believe it’s already time to start thinking about another MidWinter
GetTogether? This issue of the RWCS Newsletter contains MidWinter information
and the registration form on pages 12 and 13, respectively. Pre-registration must be sent
in by Jan. 13. As in the past, this can be done by phone, mail or through the RWCS
website (online registration is open until Jan. 20). Although the hotel holds our room
block open until Jan. 15, rooms are limited so we recommend booking your rooms right
away, as the hotel usually sells out for the weekend of our event.
To go along with our “Hunter’s Paradise” theme, Maple City Pottery is once again
making stoneware name badges for attendees who want to order one. The badges will
contain the words “CROCK HUNTER” and “RWCS MIDWINTER 2014”. Preordered badges are $8 and they can be personalized with your name at no extra charge
(15 character limit). A limited number of badges will be available for purchase at the
event for $10. To order your badge, check the corresponding boxes on the order form or
on online. The deadline for ordering is Jan. 20.
KidsView Organizer Needed
T
he MidWinter GetTogether and Convention are in need of a chairperson for
KidsView. If you are interested in chairing the program for MidWinter, Convention
or both, please contact the office. Former KidsView Co-chairs Sue Tagliapietra and
Aarika Floyd are in the process of creating a guidebook to help you. In addition, we’d like
to thank everyone who continues to support KidsView through volunteering, donating
items for the KidsView auction and/or cash donations. We most recently received a
check for $750 from RWCS Charter Member #49 Jim Norine. Thanks, Jim!!
Order Your Convention Street Banner
D
id you miss out on ordering an RWCS Street Banner to be hung in downtown Red
Wing during Convention this year? We are taking orders for the 2014 Convention
now. If you need help with your design, we can do that too. Call the RWCS Business
Office today!
Give the Gift of RWCS Membership
D
o you know someone who should be a member of the Red Wing Collectors Society?
Consider giving them the gift of RWCS membership this holiday season. We can send
the membership packet and card to you in time for Christmas or as a hostess gift. Contact the
office and we can assist you.
About
the
Cover
U
sually off-limits to the public, the
Goodhue County Historical Society
Museum vault is quietly hidden away from
visitors in the building’s basement. But for a
few hours during Convention Week, it
echoed with the “oooh’s” and “ahhh’s” of
RWCS members.
Museums often keep a portion of their
collections in storage because they usually don’t
have enough space to adequately display all the
treasures. Therefore, it was quite a treat when the
Goodhue County Historical Society staff kindly
opened the vault to the public on Thursday, July
11 for the first time.
Nearly 100 RWCS members toured the vault,
which is lined to the ceiling with rows of
shelving containing a wide range of historical
artifacts that were made and/or used in
Goodhue County. A fairly decent portion of
the items in storage related to the Red Wing
Potteries, and while the average collector
might consider most of those pieces to be
common, there were also several rare or oneof-a-kind items being kept there.
Welcome New Members!
The most remarkable piece that greeted visitors
when they entered the room was the large
hand-turned Red Wing spittoon with dark
sponging pictured on the cover and above.
Many visitors remarked that they had never
seen anything like this well-crafted piece, which
measures 12 ½ inches tall, 8 inches across the
top and about 9 ¼ inches wide at the base.
Several other items also caught the attention
of visitors, many of which can be seen on the
back cover of this issue.
he RWCS welcomes all new members, especially one from the Land Down Under.
That’s right – we’re pleased to report that we have a new member living in Australia
who is very excited about Belle Kogan’s Prismatique Line of art pottery! She joins our
other international members in Canada. This is a nice reminder that interest in Red Wing
is global.
Hopefully the Historical Society is able to
to squeeze this spittoon into its permanent
display of Red Wing stoneware so visitors can
enjoy it on a daily basis. It’s one of the top
pieces in the museum’s quality collection.
MidWinter 2015 – Oconomowoc, WI
R
WCS Executive Director Stacy Wegner visited the Olympia Resort in Oconomowoc,
Wis. in September along with several other members. Everyone was very excited
about the new property and all it has to offer. Hotel registration information for Olympia
will be available at MidWinter 2014. In addition, members are working with the hotel
property to prepare information about the hotel, rooms and all the details to help you
have a great 2015 MidWinter. We also hope to have MidWinter 2015 information
available on the RWCS website soon.
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RW CS Elections
1920 Good
Housekeeping
Advertisements
Ann
Tucker
Vice President
Greetings from your Vice President! The RWCS Board
needs you!!!
There are many ways that members can help
strengthen the Society and further its mission. One
way is to serve as a Board member. One of my
duties as Vice President is to serve as Chair of the
Nominating Committee, consisting of four other
members, at least three of whom shall not be members
of the Board of Directors. In that capacity, I am asking
any members who might have an interest in serving on
the Nominating Committee to please contact me.
In spring 2014, elections will be held for President,
Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Historian and two
Representative at Large positions. I will be happy to
answer any questions you might have about what each
position entails. The RWCS By-Laws were changed
to rotate these offices so the RWCS has continuity
on the Board and not all officers are replaced at the
same election. To that end, the President and Secretary
position will serve for a two-year term and the others
for four years.
Nominations and bios of all candidates for the election
shall be published in the RWCS Newsletter at least four
months prior to the election. Therefore, they will appear
in the February 2014 issue. Balloting will be by mail.
Ballots will be mailed to all primary members in good
standing at the time of the mailing. Associate members
must contact the office and request a ballot be sent
to them. Completed ballots must be received in the
RWCS Business Office by June 30, 2014 in order to be
counted. A member must be in good standing as of the
June 30 closing date to have his/her ballot count.
Balloting by mail will commence in the spring of
each election year with the Representatives at Large
being responsible for the auditing and counting of
ballots. If the current Representatives at Large are on
the ballot, other members must be designated to audit
the balloting for the Representatives at Large. The
successful candidates will be announced at the Annual
Business Meeting to be held at Red Wing High School
on July 11, 2014. Thank you for your interest. I look
forward to hearing from many of you!
Ann Tucker
1121 Somonauk • Sycamore, IL 60178
815-751-5056
[email protected]
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Story by Rick Natynski,
RWCS Newsletter Editor
L
ong before placing
internet banner ads and
sending text messages to
smart phones, companies
were limited to advertising
their products and services
through radio, television
and print media. Before
radio and TV, of course,
print media was the only
real effective method of
advertising. As RWCS
President Dan DePasquale
discussed in his article on
Red Wing ephemera in the
December 2010 issue of
the RWCS Newsletter, Red
Wing often invested in
attractive catalogs and trade
cards to educate consumers
about its products. In
addition to supplementing
what we know about Red
Wing pottery, these pieces
make interesting collectibles.
Although generally not as
collectible as the paper items that
were directly issued by Red Wing,
period newspaper clippings and
magazine ads can often be found
on auction websites like eBay. For
example, the series of at least four
full-page color ads pictured here
were taken out by the Stoneware
Manufacturers Association in Good
Housekeeping magazine between
April and September of 1920.
The ads speaks of stoneware as an effective, sturdy and economic
way to preserve a wide variety of foods. Including Red Wing, 12
manufacturers are listed as members of the Stoneware Manufacturers
Association; they teamed their resources together to advertise the
industry’s wares, lobby Congress and solve mutual problems.
Illustrated by artist Ray Croweler, the stoneware in the ads
represented a generic line of wares that each of the listed
companies manufactured. Obviously since resources were
being pooled together, the intent of the advertisement was to
promote the stoneware industry as whole – not any specific
manufacturer. That being said, three of Red Wing’s trademark
bar-handled petal lids are easily recognized in the ad pictured
at the top of the page.
Your Red Wing Pottery Museum is Taking Shape!!
Story by Dave Hallstrom, RWCS Foundation President
G
reetings! Our fundraising auction was held in Zumbrota, Minn.
on September 28. Houghton Auction Service sold more than
300 pieces of Red Wing stoneware, art pottery and dinnerware that
was donated by members for fundraising purposes. We felt it was a
huge success and grossed over $10,000 for our building fund! Our
next fundraising auction will be at the MidWinter GetTogether in
Des Moines next February.
“Red Wing Pottery Museum” or “Red Wing Collectors Society
Foundation”. Either site will land you at the correct place.
As we continue in our efforts to build our capital campaign, the
next important date to mark on your calendar is November 14,
which is Minnesota’s “Give to the Max Day”. This day is set aside
for all Minnesota non-profit organizations to raise money for their
organization. Last year, we raised more than $10,000 for the RWCS
Foundation! These are tax deductible donations which will be very
instrumental in helping build and operate your Red Wing Pottery
Museum. Watch for more information coming to you through
e-mails, or simply visit the website www.givemn.org. Search for
PROPOSED TIMELINE:
October: complete painting, install all floor coverings and all doors
November: move existing Museum to new location
December: finalize gift store, library and storerooms
Photos by RWCS
Member Jerry Mounts
Our volunteers have been very busy working at the new museum!
The photos below were taken when members from the Trails West
Chapter joined many local members for a very productive stretch of
construction work from Aug. 12-14. Here is our expected timeline for
the next few months if everything keeps on schedule:
If you are interested in volunteering your time or talents, please
contact Gary Wisbar at 651-303-2178 or Dave Hallstrom at
612-718-0331. Thank you for your continued support on building
your world-class museum!
Trails West Chapter Members Larry Birks (president), Bob Perry, Larry & Kay Salisbury, Jerry & Kris
Mounts and Wayne & Nancy Lambert drove up to Red Wing in mid-August and spent three days helping
out with sheet rocking, painting and a variety
of other projects. A large number of local RWCS
members were also working hard during those
days. The turnout was fantastic and incredibly
appreciated! A celebratory dinner was held at
the Red Wing Brewery after the last work day.
Below: By the time the dust cleared, a huge amount of progress had been made in the entry hallway, storage room and meeting room space, among other areas.
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C
C h apter News
Cannon Valley Chapter
November meeting: Members will meet at the Red
Wing Pottery Museum to help move, unpack or
do whatever else they can do to assist the RWCS
Foundation with moving into its new space. Time
and date to be determined.
Christmas Holiday Party: 6 p.m. at the Smokin’
Oak in Red Wing. The event will begin with a
social hour and dinner will be served around 7
p.m. Contact Deb Gullickson at [email protected] for
more information about either event.
Sunshine State Redwingers
1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the home of
Mavis Hazen, 5700 SW 35th Lane, Ocala, FL
34474. The meeting will start with a pot luck
lunch followed by the regular chapter meeting.
Attendees are asked to bring a dish to pass. Call
Chapter President Jerry Mounts at 816-510-2248
or Secretary Darlene Duecker at 954-560-9622
for more information.
o o k i e
J
a r
Story by RWCS Member Brent Mischke
© Copyright 2013
R
ed Wing produced several different styles of cookie jars
for the Saffron Ware line. When marked, the cookie
jars are signed with the circular ink stamp that reads “RED
WING SAFFRON WARE”.
A Red Wing Potteries, Inc. price list dated June 1, 1938 includes
a Saffron Ware “High” cookie jar. The High cookie jars are unique
to the Saffron Ware line. These jars are found with the familiar brownwhite-brown stripe, “cold-painted” or plain. Both the plain cookie jars and the cookie jars
decorated with stripes can be found with advertising.
It is important to note that the cold-painted decorations were added after the jars had been
glazed and fired. Because the decoration was applied on top of the glaze, paint loss can
occur with time. It is possible that at least some of the plain cookie jars now found had
cold-painted decorations at one time that have now worn off or been washed off.
Three of the cookie jars listed on the 1930 Red Wing Union Stoneware & Stoneware Specialties
advertisement – the “Drum”, “Barrel” and “Churn” (without ears) – were also produced
Badger Chapter
Noon on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the home of Paul
Wichert in Waukesha, Wis. The meeting will start
with a pot luck lunch. Contact Chapter President
Bob Morawski for more info (contact info on pg. 2).
Golden State Chapter
1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Roberts-Union
Farm Center in Stockton, Calif. Contact Chapter
President Bruce Cameron at 510-537-0325 or
[email protected] for more information.
Member Obituary
RWCS Member Delbert
Duncan of Sioux Falls,
SD died on Aug. 29 at
the age of 82. Delbert
was a superintendent
for Sioux Falls
Construction for
28 years and later
became owner/
Duncan
operator of the Olson
Painting and Wall Covering business with his
wife, Bernice. He was active in his church and was
a Scoutmaster for 30 years.
In addition to being a longtime member of
the RWCS and the Siouxland Chapter, Delbert
was a member of the Elks Club, the Minnehaha
County Historical Society and the Sioux Valley
Genealogical Society. He enjoyed planting trees
and flowers and set up many wood duck houses
and feeding stations. He is survived by two
sons, a daughter, nine grandchildren, 21 great
grandchildren and four siblings. He was preceded in death by Bernice in September 2010.
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Above: Saffron Ware High cookie jars with advertising.
Saffron Ware Drum cookie jar
(above) and stoneware Drum
cookie jar (below) with coldpainted decorations.
Above: Saffron Ware straight-sided cookie jars. The one with advertising is the only Brent Mischke has ever seen; he found it in Ohio.
Above: Saffron Ware small Barrel and small Drum cookie jars.
Above: The extra deep Saffron
Ware casserole & cover.
T
u t o r i a l
in Saffron Ware. And like the stoneware cookie jars, the Saffron Ware jars were
produced plain for decorating. Another style of cookie jar that is found in
both Saffron Ware and stoneware is a “straight-sided” jar that is not found in
any company literature. All four of these Saffron Ware cookie jars are found
cold-painted or plain. A straight-sided cookie jar with hard-to-find under-glaze
stenciled advertising also exists (pictured below). Other than that one, the
Churn and the small Drum have been the hardest to find.
Two other cookie jars appear to be unique to Saffron Ware line. These are smaller
versions of the Barrel and Drum cookie jars. The small Barrel jars are always found
with three blue stripes. The small Drum cookie jars are found cold-painted or plain.
Above: Red Wing butter
crocks with Vizensky
advertising can also be
found with blue bands.
Right: Gil with his piece
of family history.
Note that the mold used to produce the Gray Line (spongeband) cookie jar was also
used for Saffron Ware. But this item was not sold by Red Wing as a cookie jar. Instead,
according to the 1938 price list, it was sold as an “extra deep” casserole in Saffron Ware.
The table below gives the dimensions of the various Saffron Ware cookie jars.
Heights are measured without the lids. Note that the High and straight-sided cookie
jars share the same lid. The other cookie jars each have their own unique lids.
Brent and his wife, Deb, have collected Red Wing Saffron Ware for about 30 years. All of the
pieces pictured here are a part of their collection, which they proudly display, but do not use.
“Saffron Ware will absorb grease from the cookies – the staining is a good way to tell that a
jar has been ‘loved’ through use. Anyway, it’s not a good idea for Deb and I to have cookies
around the house,” he says, smiling. If you have a unique piece of Saffron Ware in your collection, Brent would love to hear about it. Please contact him at [email protected].
Cookie Jar
Height
Diameter
Lid Diameter
Small Barrel
7 ¼”
7 ¼”
4 ⅜”
Barrel
8 ⅜”
8 ⅝”
5 ¼”
Small Drum
6 ¾”
6 ¾”
5 ⅞”
Drum
8 ⅛”
8 ¼”
7 ½”
(at widest point)
High
8”
7 ⅞”
4 ⅝”
Churn
9”
8 ⅛”
5 3/16”
Straight-sided
7 ½”
7 ¾”
4 ⅝”
Above: Barrel, Churn and Drum cookie jars.
What about the sponge version?
These were not made by Red Wing! Other potteries produced
barrel-style cookie jars that were very similar to Red Wing
Saffron Ware. The example shown at right is a cookie jar
that is frequently misidentified as being made by Red Wing.
These sponge-mottled cookie jars are shown in a RobinsonRansbottom Pottery catalog from 1931. The RRPCo. cookie
jars are made from different clay, are slightly smaller in size,
have different lids and the decorations are all under the glaze.
After 60 Years, One Search
Ends & Another Begins
Story by RWCS Member Gil Vizensky
W
hen I was around 10 years old, I asked my father
what my grandfather, Frank Vizensky, did for a
living. My father told me that he owned a butter and egg
business for 30 years in Chicago starting in the early 1900s.
My father said part of Grandfather Vizensky’s business
was buying butter in wooden barrels and putting the
butter in 5 and 10 pound stoneware crocks to sell to restaurants and bakeries. Grandfather began to add his name
and address to the crocks. I became determined that
someday I would find one of those butter crocks with
his name on it. For the next 60 years I looked in antique
shops, flea markets and garage sales to find one of those
crocks. I had no idea that they were made by Red Wing.
On July 25, 2010, I got a phone call from my oldest son,
Jeff, who said that he was on his computer doing some
genealogy research on the family name. He said there was
an ad from Prock’s Crocks in Earl, Wis. showing a crock
with my grandfather’s name. It was in mint condition
and FOR SALE! Jeff immediately e-mailed me a photo of
the ad showing the crock. I was in total SHOCK!
I called Bill Prock to ascertain if he still had the butter
crock. Yes, he still had it. I made arrangements to meet
with him the next day. My wife and I got up at 3 a.m. to
drive 505 miles to Prock’s shop. I finally got one of my
grandfather’s butter crocks!
This started a new adventure: collecting Red Wing
Stoneware! This led me to join the Red Wing Collectors
Society and the Kansas/Missouri Trails West Chapter.
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Story by RWCS Member Joe Polunc
S
ometimes it pays to be lucky more so than persistent. This past Convention found me in the right spot when a salt glaze jug just came up
for sale. The seasoned collector was fine-tuning their home decor and decided this piece could go. It was described as a 4 gallon “unfinished
boysenberry” salt glaze jug. I found it to be in wonderful condition considering its age,
and it had all the attributes of Red Wing. I promptly purchased it as others descended on
it. It’s funny how collecting works out. Sometimes you scour rows and rows at a show and
numerous shops finding nothing. Then out of nowhere, a piece just drops in your lap. The
thrill of the hunt is sometimes just as appealing as the actual find! And then the search starts
over again.
After Convention, I became intrigued looking at my new acquisition and its decoration. Surely,
I thought, the artisan wouldn’t let an unfinished piece go to the kiln. Looking at published
photos of a few boysenberry crocks, I was convinced this decoration was something else.
As the photo at left shows, the design is a leaf of some kind. Is it something indigenous to
southeast Minnesota, or some abstract creation? Is it supposed to be an artful version of a
white oak? Or a compound leaf of something from the locust family?
First I went on a mission to see what the real boysenberry actually looked liked to use as a
starting point. What I did find out might surprise you. I searched the origin of the berry
and found that it was a triple-cross between a loganberry, a blackberry and a raspberry. Mr.
Rudolph Boysen created the new berry back in about 1923, when he lived in Napa Valley,
Calif. Having difficulty in getting the berry to be healthy enough to sustain a berry crop, he
abandoned the experiment, left the farm and eventually sold it.
In the late 1920s, USDA employee George Darrow heard about the project and set out to
locate it. He recruited the help of an expert berry farmer from southern California named
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Walter Knott. Together the two “berry detectives” located Mr.
Boysen and convinced him to go and try to locate the old project.
Eventually they found some
vines in a weed-choked
field that were struggling
to survive. Mr. Knott took
the vines back to his farm
where he nursed them back
to health; eventually they
produced
berries.
After
getting sufficient quantities in 1932, he began selling them to the
public and their popularity grew. The Knott family began making
pies and preserves from the berries and called the fruit “Boysenberry”
in honor of the originator. Knott’s Berry Farm flourished into a
successful commercial business and eventually a theme park –
largely in part from the rescued berry. Photo #1 above shows what
a healthy Boysenberry looks like – not very different than any of its
three parental crosses. I don’t think it looks like what we now call a
“boysenberry crock” either (below).
As we read in
the
various
Red
Wing
stoneware
reference
books,
the
crock which
took on the
“boysenberry”
name
was
salt glaze. We
know
from
the historical
accounts that
the three Red
Wi n g - b a s e d
companies
transitioned
from
the
salt
glaze
technique
to the zinc
method
in
Long mistaken for a boysenberry, the cobalt decoration on
the mid-tothis crock surely wasn’t intended to be one. Boysenberries
late
1890s.
didn’t even exist until the early 1930s!
Therefore, it’s
impossible that this decoration was meant to resemble a boysenberry,
because the actual berry didn’t even exist for another 25 to 30 years!
So that means someone incorrectly identified the decoration at some
point and the name stuck, becoming the identifier for the design.
For those who want to look further, photos of “boysenberry”
decorated salt glaze can be found in Lyndon Viel’s Clay Giants Vol.
#2 on pg. 46, and the same two photos appear in Vol. #3, pg. 80.
Gary & Bonnie Tefft’s Red Wing Potters & Their Wares has it on page
30 and there is a great color photo in the DePasquale/Peterson Red
Wing Stoneware Encyclopedia on pg. 22, where it is noted that the
piece is stamped “Minnesota Stoneware Co.” – a key factor.
So we have to ask, what caused
the decorator to draw the
“boysenberry” design? Was
it an extra creative day? Did
some local “berry” inspire this
salt glaze variant? After some
more research, I submit photo
#2 of a local berry called the
“elderberry”, which looks quite
similar to the cobalt decoration – especially with the pronounced “dots”
that show up on the photo and the crock design.
Another
species,
the
“mulberry” in photo #3, has
that pronounced elongated
pattern that could be the
source. Both were indigenous
to southeastern Minnesota.
However I submit an
additional theory as a possible
source of the design. We know from letters in the Goodhue County
Historical Society Museum that there was significant communication
between the new Minnesota Stoneware Co. and an Akron, Ohiobased equipment company. Some of the first molds came from
Ohio, as well as other machinery and equipment. A good source of
clay was found in Ohio in 1828, so they were well-established as a
pottery center. We also know that the Superintendent of Minnesota
Stoneware, E.T. Mallory, was actively recruiting potters throughout
Ohio. Could it be that one homesick decorator from Ohio drew
a design they reminisced
about? I ask you to view
photo #4, a flower from an
Ohio buckeye tree. It too
has characteristics of the
“boysenberry”. Remember
that these designs were
being created by a “slip cup”
dripping viscous blue syrup.
A pretty crude paintbrush!
Most likely we will never know or agree on the source of the
“boysenberry”. But my research has reinforced to me the strong link
Red Wing had with eastern pottery companies. Nevertheless, we
certainly enjoy the wide variety of cobalt designs that were drawn.
Those whimsical folk art patterns keep the devoted Red Winger
constantly searching for new pieces. We must also give credit to
the “dump digger” whose discoveries become part of the historical
record. One shard can answer many questions. What would the
potters and decorators think of all this? Would they have a hearty
laugh over the efforts made in identifying and collecting their wares?
Or would they feel honored that so much attention was being paid
to their creations that made life more convenient for them?
I’ve strayed a long way from the pattern discussed on my newly
acquired piece. My search continues as I figure out if it’s just a folk art
creation or some other source. This is part of what makes collecting
so interesting. Good luck out there with your own collecting!
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© Copyright 2013 Terry Moe and Larry Roschen
Photos courtesy of the authors and
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the True China Line
T
he information presented here has been gleaned from vintage
Red Wing brochures, catalogs, price lists and internal documents
as well as trade journals and magazines. In this discussion, a “pattern”
is a dinnerware set in a particular shape with a unique handpainted
design or color scheme. A “line” is a group of patterns that share the
same shapes but have different handpainted designs or colors. Some
of the introduction and exit dates presented have not been verified
because of gaps in available documentation. When uncertain, an estimated
date is provided. The end point of a pattern can be difficult to ascertain. In
the 1940s and 1950s a discontinued pattern no longer appeared on price
lists; in the 1960s patterns that were no longer in production remained on
price lists as “limited stock” with only a few pieces listed. Here a pattern
is considered to be discontinued when a full range of items was no longer
available and orders were limited to remaining stock.
Each pattern has been assigned an Availability rating and a Collector
Interest rating as described below. Availability represents an average for the
pattern in question, however the scarcity of certain pieces within the pattern
may differ. Collector Interest refers to the pattern in general, but there may be
specific pieces in any pattern that are of greater interest to specialty collectors
(teapots, pitchers, salt & peppers, etc). Please keep in mind these ratings are
the authors’ observations; your experience may vary.
Availability
1 – Rare
2 – Very scarce
3 – Hard to find
4 – Average
5 – Readily available
Collector Interest
1 – Highly sought, demand exceeds supply
2 – Primarily of interest to specialty collectors
3 – Above average
4 – Average
5 – Below average
C
“
hina by Red Wing” was the name used for this line in Red Wing literature.
But the company used the term “True China” in their marketing strategies
and marked most flatware with a True China ink stamp; thus that is the name
commonly used by collectors. A small rectangular advertising plaque that stated
“True China by Red Wing” was made for merchants to place in their store window.
These plaques had white letters and a white border and were made in several colors
including blue, tan and beige fleck. Today they are quite uncommon and valuable.
China clay was used to make the True China line, as opposed to the earthenware
clay used for most Red Wing dinnerware. This difference was emphasized as the
company continued to seek an edge in their struggle against the competition.
As with the Futura line, True China patterns that did not perform well in the
marketplace were promptly dropped and replaced, making several of the eight True
China patterns quite difficult to find today.
Above: An example of the “True China” pottery advertising sign Red
Wing supplied to retailers. It’s 3 ½ inches tall and 5 inches wide.
Four of the eight True China patterns were available in 1959 and all eight patterns were
available in 1961. By 1962, two of the patterns were limited to only place setting pieces; by 1966, only Lute Song remained as a full, intact pattern.
All True China pieces were available for all patterns; there were no special pieces produced for any one pattern. Unique to True China patterns,
a 6-piece relish dish was introduced. This item consisted of a large flat base with short sides that held five individual relish dishes. Each piece was
marked with a number, 1 through 6. The base by itself could easily be mistaken for a platter and was marked Red Wing USA 1. A complete 6-piece
relish dish in any of the patterns is difficult to find and quite valuable. Another new item was the individual ashtray – a very small bulb-shaped
bowl with a channel to hold a single cigarette. The bottom of the ashtray was marked with a unique, triangle-shaped ink stamp that was not used
on any other piece. Brochures dated 1959 included four fewer items than brochures dated 1960 and later. The butter dish, bread tray, celery tray
and individual ashtray were the four pieces not available in 1959. True China brochures included a warranty against breakage for one year.
Majestic
Availability: 2 Interest: 4
Years: 1959-1965 (Place settings only from 1966-1967)
All Majestic pieces were solid white in color. As described in the brochure, “The beauty of Majestic
white china for your table gives a sparkle of elegance to casual, modern or traditional settings”.
Apparently most Majestic was sold to churches and other civic organizations that served food to
large groups of people. When Majestic is found
At right:
today, it is usually in large lots that include many
Majestic
plates, cups & saucers, but few other pieces. All
beverage
Majestic hollowware is very difficult to find.
Above: Majestic dinner
plate.
At right: Top and bottom views of the Majestic ashtray. Note
the triangle-shaped Red Wing signature on the bottom.
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server.
Granada
Availability: 2
Interest: 4
Years: 1959-1961 (Place settings only in 1962)
In general, larger pieces of Granada displayed a hand-painted pattern with squares of floral, leafy
artwork in varying shades of brown and yellow against a white background. Smaller pieces were solid
rust-colored. Some pieces had rust interiors and white exteriors; others had the colors reversed. Covers
for the casserole, sugar bowl and gravy boat were patterned, while the little covers for the beverage
server and teapot were rust. Some controversy exists whether the solid white beverage server and teapot
covers were also intended to be used with Granada, or if they are merely latter day replacements for missing
rust-colored covers. The Granada brochure provides no clue since it includes only undecorated silhouette images. Above: Granada bowl.
Mediterrania
Years: 1959-1961 (Place settings only in 1962)
Mediterrania was similar to Granada in that some pieces were patterned while others were solidcolored or a mix of both. The Mediterrania pattern featured small blue and green leaves on a vine
or branch, set against a white background. The solid color was a fairly dark blue. The brochure
described Mediterrania as a “Lovely floral design in the blue and green tones of the sea”. As with
Granada, larger covers were white with a bit of the hand-painted pattern. The teapot and beverage
server covers were solid white. At right: Mediterrania Relish.
Lute Song
Years: 1959-1967
Lute Song was easily the most successful of the True China patterns. The design
on larger Lute Song pieces included three different stringed instruments in shades
of brown, black and turquoise against a beige fleck background. Smaller pieces
had room for only one or two of the instruments. Some pieces also included
Japanese letters that, when translated into English, supposedly stated “Lute Song”. Most Lute Song pieces can
be found quite readily, but the beverage server and teapot are not so easy to find. Above: Lute Song Butter.
Merrileaf
Availability: 4
Interest: 4
Years: 1960-1965 (Place settings only in 1966-1967)
Merrileaf was the second best-selling pattern in the True
China line. The pattern consisted of leaves and sheaves
of grain in “subtle, smoky tones” of blue-green and
brown against a white background. The colors were very
light – nearly pastel in appearance. Near right: Merrileaf
Divided Vegetable Dish and Bread Tray. Far right: Beverage Server, Salt & Pepper and Teapot.
Vintage
Availability: 2
Interest: 4
Years: 1960-1963 or 1964 (Place settings only in 1964-1965)
Like Merrileaf, the colors in the Vintage pattern were very light.
The design consisted of light purple grape clusters on the vine
with leaves of light gray on a white background. The brochure
described the design as “Delicate as gracefully draped lace. Subtle
yet powerful in the patina of soft amethyst and old pewter.”
Above: Vintage Divided Vegetable Dish and Sugar & Creamer.
Crocus
Availability: 2
Interest: 3
The Crocus pattern had a repeating oval and line design. This
usually appeared along the rim or around the side. The design was
a series of ovals (half reddish-pink, half purple) with a thin green
line between each oval. The background color was white. Crocus Above: Crocus Celery Dish.
was described as “Red Wing’s new modern floral approach. Designed in vivid pink and subtle purple, accented with strokes
of green.” Today Crocus is tough to find and commands high prices.
Daisy Chain Availability: 3
Interest: 4
Like Crocus, Daisy Chain had a repeating design that usually appeared along the rim or around the side
of a given piece. As the name implied, the design featured a chain of daisies along with thin leaves in
various colors. As described by the brochure, “A circle of beauty in a sparkling new design of gray daisies
accented with leaves of rust, brown, chartreuse and dark green.” White was the background color.
At right: Daisy Chain Sugar, Butter, Salt Shaker and Creamer.
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RWCS M id W inter G et T ogether
Red Wing Hunter’s Paradise
F ebruary 7-9, 2014 • D es M oines , I owa
G
et your sights set on heading to the Des Moines Holiday
Inn for the MidWinter GetTogether, Feb. 7-9, 2014! You
can register via www.RedWingCollectors.org, call the office
at 800-977-7927 or mail in the form on the next page. Want to
help the hunters find their target? Sellers Tables are just $35.
Once again, the office is hunting for members to volunteer at
MidWinter for Registration, Show & Sale, and set up. If you
have some decorations to camouflage the place, call the office or
e-mail at [email protected].
Hey, RWCS Chapters – we are in need of a host for the Friday
Night Hunters’ Shack reception! If your chapter would like
to help out with door prizes, costume judging and other fun
ideas for Friday night, please contact the office. We are looking
forward to seeing orange!
Please consider heading to Iowa for MidWinter.
Forget the cold – there will be plenty of hot finds in
Des Moines! -Stacy Wegner, RWCS Executive Director
“Crock Hunter” Name Badges:
Back by popular demand,
Maple City Pottery is making personalized MidWinter name badges!
Order one with your name on it (15 char. limit) and pick it up in Des
Moines. These zinc glaze stoneware badges will be $8 each. A limited
quantity will be available onsite at MidWinter for $10 each. We’re still
finalizing the design, but a sample is pictured right here.
Deadlines
Pre-registration:
Jan. 13 (mail) & Jan. 20 (online)
Sellers Table Contract:
Jan. 21
Lodging
Location: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites,
4800 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines, IA 50322. Phone: 515-278-4755
For reservations: Call 515-278-4755 and indicate you are a Red Wing
Collectors Society MidWinter attendee and/or a room seller.
Deadline: January 15, 2014 for the room block (up to 4 guests/room).
Types of Rooms:
Standard: 2 queen beds or 1 king bed at $70 per night + 12% tax
Junior Suite: king bed and sleeper sofa at $100 per night + 12% tax
(About 1½ rooms with large bedroom and small living room)
Extended Stay Suite: king and sleeper sofa at $100 per night + 12%
tax (About 1½ rooms with small bedroom and large living room)
Family or Parlor Suite: king and sleeper sofa at $149 + 12% tax (The
size of two rooms with a big dining room table and kitchen area)
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Schedule
Friday, February 7
Board of Directors Mtg. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Registration
1-8 p.m.
Room Sales
All day
RWCS Board Meet & Greet 3-5 p.m.
Hunters’ Shack Reception 7-9 p.m.
Saturday, February 8
Registration
7-10 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7-8:15 a.m.
Welcome/General Session 8-9:30 a.m.
Education Seminars Session 1 9:40-10:30 a.m.
Education Seminars Session 2 10:40-11:30 a.m.
Show & Sale
1:30-4 p.m.
Auction
6 p.m. Sunday, February 9
Continental Breakfast
7-9 a.m.
(Hosted by Iowa Chapter)
Iowa Boardroom
Lobby
Elevator Bank
Ballroom
Lobby
Ballroom Ballroom
Room TBA
Room TBA
Ballroom
Ballroom
Room 513
R EGISTRATION F ORM
DEADLINES:
MAIL REG JANUARY 13, 2014
ONLINE REG JANUARY 20, 2014
SELLERS TABLE JANUARY 21, 2014
MIDWINTER GETTOGETHER
Feb. 7– 9, 2014 Holiday Inn & Suites Des Moines, IA
ALL REGISTRATIONS AFTER DEADLINES WILL PAY THE ONSITE $30 REGISTRATION.
MEMBER #1: _____________________________________________ MEMBER # _______________
ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________________
CHECK HERE IF YOUR ADDRESS HAS CHANGED.
PHONE #: ___________________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________________________
REGISTRATION (MEMBER #1):
ADULT = $25
ONSITE = $30
________
CHILD REGISTRATION: KIDSVIEW
________
UNDER 15 FREE DATE OF BIRTH (MONTH/YEAR) _______
MEMBERSHIP: PRIMARY = $35 FOR 1 YR OR $70 FOR 2 YRS
________
ASSOCIATE = $15 FOR 1 YR OR $30 FOR 2 YRS
TOTAL #1 _______
SURVEY QUESTIONS MEMBER #1
MEMBER SINCE ___/____/______
AGE: DOB __________
COLLECTING INTEREST( CHECK ALL THAT APPLY): STONEWARE DINNERWARE
ART POTTERY
NO
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE RWCS FOUNDATION? YES
WHAT WAY WOULD YOU PREFER TO BE CONTACTED BY THE FOUNDATION (CIRCLE ONE)?
EMAIL
MEMORABILIA
MAIL
OTHER____________
BOTH
NONE
MEMBER #2: _____________________________________________ MEMBER # _______________
ADULT = $25
ONSITE = $30
ASSOCIATE = $15 FOR 1 YR OR $30 FOR 2 YRS
________
________
________
TOTAL #2 _______
MEMBER SINCE ___/____/______
AGE: DOB __________
ART POTTERY
NO
EMAIL
MEMORABILIA
MAIL
OTHER____________
BOTH
NONE
MEMBER #3: _____________________________________________ MEMBER # _______________
ADULT = $25
ONSITE = $30
ASSOCIATE = $15 FOR 1 YR OR 320 FOR 2 YRS
________
________
________
TOTAL #3 _______
MEMBER SINCE ___/____/______
AGE: DOB __________
ART POTTERY
NO
EMAIL
MEMORABILIA
MAIL
OTHER____________
BOTH
CROCK HUNTER STONEWARE BADGE - PROVIDE CUSTOM NAME FOR EACH BADGE BELOW—15 CHARACTER LIMIT
1. Name: __________________________________________
x $8
NONE
=
# badge(s)
2. Name: __________________________________________
3. Name: ______________________________________________ ***A LIMITED NUMBER OF GENERAL DESIGNS WILL BE AVAILABLE ONSITE FOR $10
SELLER’S TABLES (CHECK TYPE OF TABLE BELOW)
ANTIQUES (90% ANTIQUES)
SOUVENIRS (90% SOUVENIRS)
# table(s)
x
LIMITED
$35
Price
=
TOTAL
SPACE, ALL TABLES ARE SOLD ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. CONTRACTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE OR VIA EMAIL. TO RECEIVE A PAPER
CONTRACT, PLEASE ENCLOSE A SELF –ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE. SIGNED CONTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 21, 2014.
NO ONLINE SERVICE FEES
WAYS TO REGISTER
1. ONLINE: www.RedWingCollectors.org
2. PHONE: 800-977-7927
3. MAIL: PO Box 50, Red Wing, MN 55066
4. FAX: 651-388-4042
RWCS FOUNDATION DONATION (TAX DEDUCTIBLE) $
GRAND TOTAL $
Method of Payment:
VISA
MASTERCARD
DISCOVER
CHECK/CASH
NAME:________________________________________
CARD NUMBER:__________________________________
LAST 3 DIGITS ON BACK: ________ EXPIRATION DATE: ______
SIGNATURE: ____________________________________
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CLASSIFIEDS
A D R AT E S
Classified ads are 20¢ per word for members
and 30¢ per word for non-members; $4 minimum charge and are accepted on a first-come,
first-served basis. In addition to appearing in
the newsletter, classifieds and display ads are
posted on the RWCS website.
DISPLAY ADS
Display Ad Size
Full page 1/2 page (horizontal or vertical)
1/4 page 1/8 page
1x $425 225 125 85 6x
385
205
115
70
Display ads purchased by non-members cost an additional 15%.
Display Ad Dimensions
Full Page 1/2 page (horizontal or vertical)
1/4 page 1/8 page 7 1⁄2 x 10
7 1⁄2 x 4 1⁄2
3 5⁄8 x 4 7⁄8
3 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄4
Ads must be supplied electronically as an EPS
or PDF file for PC. There is an additional 10
percent fee for design and makeup if needed
($10 minimum).
DEADLINES
Issue February April June August October December Ads
Editorial Mail Date
Jan. 10
Jan. 1
Feb. 15
March 10 March 1 April 15
May 10
May 1
June 15
July 25
July 15
Aug. 31
Sept. 10 Sept. 1 Oct. 15
Nov. 10 Nov. 1 Dec. 15
We welcome you to the sale of a
private local collection! We will have
240+ pieces of Red Wing stoneware
and pottery (much of which is early)
along with furniture, and other
estate related items. This is a fine
collection with everything being
extremely clean!!
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RED WING FOR SALE
Selling my Clay Giants! 60 gal wing crock, 50 gal
wing crock (no oval, has bung hole), two 40 gal
wing crocks and a 50 gal birchleaf (black ink).
Excellent to very good condition on all.
Contact Richard at 608-617-7424 or
[email protected].
Copies of the Collecting the Legacy Volumes 1 &
2 combination book are still available. Only 500
copies were printed and a limited quantity remains. $20 plus $5 shipping. Contact the RWCS
Office at 800-977-7927 to order.
RED WING WANTED
Wanted: Researching the existence of souvenir
or advertising pieces from Knapp, Wisconsin.
With any information, please contact Tim at
715-263-2118 or [email protected]. 12/13
Wanted - Various Country Garden
Dinnerware: Butter Dish, 13” platter, 5 ½”
salad bowls (gray textured sides with no
flowers), Soup Tureen, spoon rest, various sized
bowls. Excellent condition only. Contact Bob
at [email protected] or
763-843-0146.
Make checks payable to RWCS and mail with ads:
Rick Natynski, PO Box 198
Pewaukee, WI 53072
Wanted: Mini and salesman sample flower
pots. Contact [email protected] or
402-331-4749.
Wanted: These Xmas advertising bean pots:
Koehnkes - Clear Lake, SD; C & W Shafer Branch, WI; Gjermundson Bros Hdwe Wittenberg, WI; Virnig & Gross – Chokia,
MN. Any condition considered. Also looking for 9-inch blue & white panel bowl. Will
consider any condition. Call 414-731-0218 or
e-mail [email protected].
Wanted: NORTH DAKOTA! Looking for
jugs, crocks, butter crocks and churns with
advertising. Will pay top dollar for the right
pieces. Contact [email protected] or
701-270-0242.
Wanted: Red Wing sponge cap bowl with
advertising for “Prospect, Wis. Compliments
of J.E. Elger, 1935”. Call Clint at 262-679-6427.
CLUBS & EVENTS
The Collectors of Illinois Pottery and Stoneware
are offering free memberships. Membership is
good from sign-up until Dec. 31, 2013. Includes
newsletters and opportunity to attend annual
convention in Peoria, IL in Oct. Visit www.
coips.org for photos of past swap meets and
conventions. Contact Suzie Reicheneker at
[email protected] or 309-742-2011.
Ads can also be submitted by e-mail: send to
[email protected] and send checks separately. Or, call Rick at 414-416-wing (9464).
RED WING STONEWARE AUCTION We will provide a catalog for the
10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013
404 England St. • Cambridge, WI 53523
All American Sales & Auctions, LLC
867 Lucas Lane Jefferson, WI 53549 • 920-728-5511
Mark Bingham RWA#2660
Terms are Cash or Good Check day of sale. • NO BUYERS FEES!!!
Red Wing Collection and sell in
catalog order for this portion of the
sale. We have uploaded some initial
photos to whet your appetite and
will have all photos up by Nov. 6,
2013. www.allamericanauctions.us
RECENT FINDS & DEALS
Did you find a rare piece or a great deal worth sharing? Briefly describe the item, where it was sold, date purchased, venue (store,
auction, etc.) and price paid. Send to editor Rick Natynski on a post card, e-mail [email protected], or enclose
in an envelope if you’d like to include a photo for publication. Multiple submissions result in multiple entries in the Newsletter Special
Commemorative Lottery at the 2014 Convention. All newsletter submissions received between July 2013 and June of 2014 are eligible
whether published or not. Please keep submittals with purchase dates within six months of the newsletter issue.
ITEM
LOCATION
DATE
VENUE
PRICE
7-inch orange RW small-sized baking dish
Mankato, MN 12/12 Antique shop $12.50
½ gal “Steuben Co. Wine, Chicago, Ill.” adv jug, mint
Blue Earth, MN
2/13
Auction
6-inch #636 tan Rumrill vase
Blue Earth, MN
4/13
Garage sale
$5.00
8-inch #892 pink Red Wing vase
Blue Earth, MN
4/13
Garage sale
$5.00
Two 2¾-inch fancy jugs w/1930s era RW Art Potteries stickers
Glenwood, IA 4/13
Auction $23.00
7-inch RW blue–banded mixing bowl Glenwood, IA
4/13
Auction $5.00
Large yellow RW Iris pitcher
Central MN
5/13
Auction
$35.00
Large RW barrel-shaped beer mug (7¼”), mint
Waukesha, WI
7/13
Antique mall
$35.00
2 gal RW jug w/”Petty’s Tonic” adv., small chips
Pierce, NE
8/13
Auction
$650.00
9/13
eBay
Nebraska
9/13
“Junk Jaunt”
#678 RW Chromoline blue/yellow candlesticks (pair), mint
5 gal RW water cooler button-knob lid
$160.00
$277.77shipped
$10.00
9:30 A.M. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2013
LOCATION: 3 miles West of Ladysmith, WI. on Hwy. 8 to Town Line Road, then South
3 miles to Flohr Road, then West ½ mile to sale site. Fire #W9876. Watch for Ferris
Auction Arrows! Lunch and Restroom On Grounds
NOTE: This is Bob’s Homestead and there has never been an auction on this property. They
have lived here for 80 years and collected antiques and collectibles (primarily Red Wing), plus a
whole lot more! A huge selection of collectibles from yester year!
HOBBY FARM AUCTION MANY ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES FROM YESTER YEAR
ANTIQUES OR COLLECTIBLES: Several Red Wing Crocks of various sizes; 2 Leaf crocks;
Target crocks; several salt crocks; several stoneware jugs; RW 2Gal. butter churn; RW water
cooler; Stoneware & Splatter bowls; Many Jewel T Pieces; Stoneware Preservation Jars; Enamel
& Granite coffee pots; Lg. Selection of Hall Bowls, pitchers, plates, sugar & creamers; Asst. of
Bob White RW pieces; North Star bowls; North Star spittoon; pink/Gr./Yellow depression; Plant**A FULL AUCTION LISTING WITH MORE
ers Peanut jar; wash boards; egg crates; copper boilers; Old metal toys; kerosene and Aladdin
PHOTOS CAN BE VIEWED ON OUR WEBSITE***
lamps; plus lots more! BOB AND LORRAINE FLOHR - LADYSMITH, WI.
TERMS: Cash, Good Check or credit cards accepted day of sale! 4% fee for credit transactions. No Buyer’s Fee! Wis. 5.5% Sales
Tax as applicable. Number system will be used! Positive State Issued Photo I.D. required. Everything to be settled for day of sale and
before being removed from auction grounds. All sales are final! All announcements made day of sale take precedence over printed
material. Not responsible for accidents or sold items. No warranties or guarantees are
given or implied on any items sold.
AUCTION CONDUCTED BY FERRIS AUCTION & REALTY CO. 1145 County Hwy. SS
Chetek, WI. 54728. 715-458-2255 (Office) or 715-790-9090 (Cell)
AUCTIONEER: Douglas A. Ferris, Chetek, WI. Reg. Wis. Lic. #90.
“ S U C C E S S F U L S A L ES ARE OUR BUSINESS”
www.ferrisauction-realty.com
THIS WILL BE WORTH THE DRIVE ~ HOPE TO
SEE YOU THERE!
Goodhue County Historical Society Museum
Opens the Vault
Items appear courtesy
of the Goodhue County
Historical Society.
This little sewer tile lunch hour piece depicts a
mourning dove on a log. Although its beak broke off
long ago, the skillful craftsmanship that went into this
piece is clearly evident.
Two Red Wing
dinnerware plates
signed on the back
“Sample C.E.M.”
– the initials of the
talented and prolific
Red Wing Potteries
artist and lead
designer Charles
E. Murphy.
At right:
Pieces
from the
Concord
line that
were based
on the
Poppy Trail
pattern
released by
a Calif.
pottery. The pattern was designed by Marilyn
Petersdorf, a lead painter at the Red Wing Potteries
who left after the pattern wasn’t put into production.
This ornamental pitcher was handturned by Lou McGrew, a longtime
potter with the Red Wing Potteries.
This striking ‘loving cup’ trophy reads “Presented to Inscribed in the belly of the pitcher are
the Red Wing Union Stoneware Co. by Minnesota the initials “C.M.” along with a moon,
stars, lighthouse, birds, butterflies,
Industrial Exposition for the Best Exhibit
swans, trees, plants and a flag. Because
Demonstrating Minnesota Industry 1932.”
this scene was inscribed by hand, it’s
likely a one-of-a-kind lunch hour piece.
Dinnerware expert RWCS Member Terry Moe took these photos of two out-of-the-ordinary “dinner bells”.
Although the clappers are very primitive, he notes that the glaze on both bells and the Granada artwork
were really well done. “The mold used for the bells was also first-class, so I wouldn’t be surprised if we find
some additional bells in the future,” he says. “It seems like a lot of work for just two finished products.”
This one dollar scrip was issued by the Red Wing
Stoneware Co. on March 1, 1894 and is signed by
company president, John H. Rich. It’s safe to say this
is worth more than $1 today.
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