Question:
Hello, I have acquired 7 Red Wing dishes recently and looked them up in Warman’s red wing pottery book from our local library. They are all "sectioned plates, palette form, from the Patio Supper Service Provincial Luncheonware, 1951, 13" wide, impressed mark Red Wing USA." Just wondering what else you could tell me about them, current prices they are going for, etc.. Colors are eggplant, chartreuse, peach, dark green. 6 of them are in perfect condition, 1 has a chip. Thanks for your help. Suzy

Answer: Your supper trays are part of a larger set called Informal Supper Service. The trays were available in two styles: Patio (oval palette-shaped trays with round-shaped cups) and Festive (oblong trays with squarish cups). The remaining pieces in the Informal Supper Service line — bowls, teapot, salt & pepper, sugar, creamer, mustard & server, Lazy Susan, etc — were borrowed from the Town & Country pattern. The four available colors were borrowed from the Quartette pattern — Ming Green, Chartreuse, Copper Glow and Mulberry. Thus the Informal Supper Service is sort of a melting pot of Town & Country and Quartette features. The supper trays were the only pieces marked Red Wing, and not all trays have the mark.

Supper trays in excellent condition are worth $20 to $30 each. The matching cups are harder to find; adding a cup to each tray would double the value.

Larry