Question:
Hi, again. I emailed a question about an hour ago regarding my dinnerware. After reading previously answered questions, I see that my questions had been anwered already regarding the value of my dinnerware which are apparently ALL round-up (dinner plates have picture of chuck wagon and all other peices have some one cooking or sitting on a fence.) I was curious about the difference in the stamps in this series. I had only one with an actual depiction of red wings along with the words Red Wing while the others were all stamped without the wings – only words. This has been a very informative site and I have enjoyed seeing the wide variety of Red Wing collections. I love the little hostess tea pots. I can see why there is so much excitement in the collecting there of. Thanks for the service you provide. ~Becky

Answer: Becky – thanks for searching in our previous posts for information. There’s a lot to be found in them. For those who may not have noticed, there is a "Search" box in the upper right corner of this page. Enter your pattern or item and see if we’ve already addressed your question.

Regarding the ink stamp marks on the back of plates and other dinnerware pieces: Red Wing changed their mark periodically, so depending on the timing and longevity of production you may find pieces with two or three different marks. The reddish-pink wing shaped mark was used beginning in 1950 and continued for most of the 1950s, most likely ending in 1958. Round Up and Tip Toe are two patterns introduced January 1958; some pieces can be found with the wing-shaped mark but most are marked with the plain black text mark that replaced the wing. A few pieces from some of the later patterns (Bob White, Lute Song, Ebb Tide, Ceramastone patterns) have a mark that includes the name of the pattern. But I’ve never seen a Round Up piece marked in that manner. Why did the company use a variety of different marks? Who knows? Red Wing was consistently inconsistent about details such as this, and the variety is part of the fun of collecting Red Wing.

By the way, the three digit numbers included in the marks on your pieces are not significant. It’s my understanding these are production stock numbers and the number most likely changed with each run. Collectors do not seek any particular number thus they hold no special value.

Larry