Question:
Stacy, Thank you for speaking with us. please find attached photo of our new bowl. the focus is not very clear but I think it will be OK for identification. We liked your energy and desire to help…… Cant wait to hear about the history of our new bowl. Brad and Nicole

Answer: Brad and Nicole, According to a July 1942 sales brochure, you have an "Incised Peasant" Salad Bowl. It is one of three items available in the Incised Peasant design. The other two are a Cookie Jar and a Munch Jar (low and squat in shape). The bowl is the only piece that is marked Red Wing. All three items were available in three colors: Brown, Green and White. Unlike most Red Wing hand painted pottery, the peasant figures were cold painted (over the glaze). Because the colors are not sealed under the glaze they are easily removed. After 60-some years many of these pieces have lost a considerable amount of their original paint .

The Incised Peasant line is not rare. The bowl and cookie jar are quite common, while the munch jar is found less frequently from what I’ve seen. An Incised Peasant Salad Bowl in excellent condition and with intact original paint would be worth $25 to $40, with the white color on the low end, green on the high end, and brown somewhere in the middle. Loss of paint detracts from the value, as do any chips and cracks.

Larry