Frontenac Oval Bowl

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Question: {mosimage}
Hi, I have a divided bowl in this same pattern. The oval bowl as the Red Wing symbol on the back. Can you please tell the year, designer and value? Thanks Elizabeth

Answer:
Your photo shows a bowl in the Frontenac pattern.  Unfortunately you’ve provided no measurements for the bowl so I don’t know if it is a cereal bowl, sauce dish, nappy, etc.  But given the bowl’s obvious crack it has minimal value, $5 to $10 at most and less if this is a small size bowl.
 
The divided bowl you mentioned is most likely a divided vegetable dish.  Value is $20 to $25 in excellent condition.  Chips and cracks reduce the value significantly.
 
Frontenac is a pattern from the Futura line and was introduced in 1958.  It did not sell well and was dropped a couple of years later.  The design of Frontenac has been attributed to Charles Murphy, but I do not have any original documents that confirm this.
 
Larry