Question:
I have a set of three green stoneware flowerpots . They are round, ornately decorated and about 2-3 inches tall. They appear to be a set because each one fits into the other. Marked on the bottom of all three pots is a circle with the words Red Wing , Union Stoneware Co., and Red Wing, Minn. There appears to be a signature of some sort outside and above the circle on the small one, but it is not legible by me.

The outside of each piece has a split decoration. The top decoration on the small one (5" pot) is oak leaves and acorns….bottom decoration has the appearance of bark running up and down. The medium pot (6"pot) is decorated at the top with a running swirl scroll and the bottom has a diamond shaped latice running scroll on the bottom with a line running down the middle of each diamond pattern. The last and largest pot (7-8\" pot) is decorated at the top with running ovals with flower inserts and the bottom with stripes and 4 dots (between each stripe)running down the length of the bottom band. A green glaze is on the interior of each pot. Can you tell me anything about these pots? Thank you for your time.

Answer: Red Wing made many different flower pots. Finding them marked is the hard thing. These would be from around 1930. With the different patterns, they don’t belong as a "set" so to speak. The flower pots varied n size from 4 to 16" in size.

Part of the brushed ware or garden lines, their value is around 50.00 or so each. thanks, steve n rose