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Wisconsin Pottery Association
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Red Wing Pottery
1861-1967
Red Wing, Minnesota
The Red Wing Legacy: Stoneware, Art Ware and Dinnerware
Dinnerware Patterns as shown at the 2002 Wisconsin Pottery Show & Sale
Dinnerware
Red Wing dinner ware production began in 1935 with Gypsy Trail, a RumRill product. Gypsy Trail was glazed in the bright colors popular at that time. It was eventually made in several embossed patterns. As the production of stoneware decreased, the financial importance of dinnerware increased, and it became "the pottery's staple product from the early 1940s until operations ceased in 1967" (Nelson, page 81).
Most Red Wing dinnerware patterns were designed by Charles Murphy, but one notable exception was the bestseller Town and Country, which was created in 1946 by noted industrial designer Eva Zeisel. It became one of Red Wing's most important commercial products upon its release in 1947, and was sold for many years. The Museum of Modern Art is reproducing the ware today, a comment on the ware's place in American modern design.
As Marion Jon Nelson notes, Red Wing dinnerware was significant artistically, as well as commercially. Red Wing's art ware never used under-glaze painting, a technique that grew out of the china painting hobby of the late 19th century. But under-glaze was used in Murphy's dinnerware designs, and beautifully too: his cowboys, birs and other cheerful, clever and distinctly American designs give Red Wing dinnerware a place among the very best ever made in this country. It also marked the end of the large scale commercial use of this decorating tradition in the United States.
At the 2002 Wisconsin Pottery Show & Sale, almost 100 different examples of Red Wing's dinnerware were displayed. Also displayed were 50 experimental glazes and lunch time pieces.
Browse Dinnerware Display
Browse Dinnerware in Chronological order
Browse lunch time pieces & experimental
glazes
Below is each line in Chronological and alphabetical order. Clicking on
the product line will take you to the page.
Alphabetical by Pattern
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Gypsy Trail - 1935
Provincial Pattern - 1941
Concord Pattern - 1941 Fruit Salad Set - 1942 Bakeware - 1943 Hospitality Ware - 1940s Town and Country - 1947
Village Green - 1951
Fancy Free - 1952
Anniversary - 1953
Casual - 1955
Futura - 1955
Contemporary - 1956 Kermis - 1957
True China - 1960 Buffet Royale - 1960
Duo-Tone - 1962
Like China - 1963 Bake and Serve - 1963 Ebb Tide - 1965
Ceramastone - 1967 |
Anniversary - 1953 Bake and Serve - 1963 Bakeware - 1943
Casual - 1955
Ceramastone - 1967
Concord Pattern - 1941
Contemporary - 1956 Buffet Royale - 1960
Duo-Tone - 1962 Ebb Tide - 1965
Fancy Free - 1952 Fruit Salad Set - 1942
Futura - 1955
Gypsy Trail - 1935 Hospitality Ware - 1940s Kermis - 1957
Like China - 1963
Provincial Pattern - 1941 Town and Country - 1947
True China - 1960
Village Green - 1951 |
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Alphabetical by Pattern |
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Ardennes Provincial Pattern - 1941 Blue Shadows Like China - 1963 Blossom Time Concord Pattern - 1941 Bob White Casual - 1955 Brittany Provincial Pattern - 1941 Brocade Like China - 1963 Capistrano Anniversary - 1953 Caprice Fancy Free - 1952 Chevron Gypsy Trail - 1935 Chrysanthemum Concord Pattern - 1941 Chuck Wagon Casual - 1955 Colonnes Futura - 1955 Country Garden Anniversary - 1953 Crazy Rhythm Futura - 1955 Crocus True China - 1960 Daisy Chain True China - 1960 Damask Like China - 1963 Delta Blue Village Green - 1951 Desert Fancy Free - 1952 Desert Sun Duo-Tone - 1962 Driftwood Anniversary - 1953 Fantasy Concord Pattern - 1941 Flight Duo-Tone - 1962 Fondoso Gypsy Trail - 1935 Frontenac Futura - 1955 Fruit Concord Pattern - 1941 Golden Viking Contemporary - 1956 Granada True China - 1960 Greenwichstone Ceramastone - 1967 Harvest Concord Pattern - 1941 Hearthside Casual - 1955 Hearthstone Orange Ceramastone - 1967 Heatherstone Ceramastone - 1967 Iris Concord Pattern - 1941 Kashmir Like China - 1963 Lanterns Concord Pattern - 1941 |
Leaf Magic Concord Pattern - 1941 Lexington Concord Pattern - 1941 Lotus Concord Pattern - 1941 Lupine Futura - 1955 Lute Song True China - 1960 Majestic True China - 1960 Mediterrania True China - 1960 Merrileaf True China - 1960 Midnight Rose Anniversary - 1953 Montmartre Futura - 1955 Morning Glory - Blue Concord Pattern - 1941 Morning Glory Pink Concord Pattern - 1941 Nassau Concord Pattern - 1941 Normandy Provincial Pattern - 1941 Northern Lights Contemporary - 1956 Orleans Provincial Pattern - 1941 Pepe Duo-Tone - 1962 Picardy Village Green - 1951 Pink Spice Anniversary - 1953 Pompeii Duo-Tone - 1962 Quartette - Mulberry Concord Pattern - 1941 Random Harvest Futura - 1955 Red Wing Rose Futura - 1955 Round Up Casual - 1955 Smart Set Futura - 1955 Spruce Contemporary - 1956 Tahitian Gold Duo-Tone - 1962 Tampico Futura - 1955 Tip Toe Casual - 1955 Turtle Dove Duo-Tone - 1962 Tweed Tex Anniversary - 1953 Two Step Village Green - 1951 Village Green Village Green - 1951 Vintage True China - 1960 Willow Wind - Blue Concord Pattern - 1941 Zinnia Concord Pattern - 1941 |
WPA Exhibit Related Pages:
Overview of 2002 WPA Exhibit
- The Red Wing Legacy
Stoneware at the 2002 WPA Exhibit
Art Ware at the 2002 WPA Exhibit
Dinnerware at the 2002 WPA Exhibit
Bibliography & further reading
What Is It
Table
Dealer's
Booths
Additional Examples of Red Wing from
the Press Release
Press Release for the 2002 WPA
Show & Sale
Wisconsin Pottery Show & Sale