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Hi Red Wing collectors, I received this orange sugar bowl from my grandmother but the matching creamer is missing. Can you please tell me any information about the piece, including its year, designer and value? Thank you! Elizabeth

Answer:
Your orange sugar bowl is from the Gypsy Trail line of dinnerware, and is part of the Plain pattern. Gypsy Trail was introduced in 1935; this sugar and creamer set was introduced a couple of years later. They are shown in a 1943 catalog but not in 1944, so production was from approximately 1937 to 1943. Initial catalogs simply listed this set as Sugar and Creamer; later catalogs list them as Snack Sugar and Snack Creamer, probably due to their small size.

Sorry, I do not know the designer of the sugar or creamer. George RumRill worked with Red Wing to design quite a few Gypsy Trail items but I cannot say if he designed these pieces.

While your sugar is tiny and cute, it is also very common and thus doesn’t have a lot of value. It’s worth around $15.

Larry