Question:

Good afternoon! My mother loves the Red Wing cookie jars and is missing only the Friar. I came upon a Friar at a local antiques market, but want to be sure that it’s real before purchasing it. Here is a photo of the stamp:

The stamp looks to be a deep green color, which concerns me, but the lady at the shop said that Red Wing used black, blue, and green ink for its markings.

Any assistance that you could give me would be much appreciated! My mom’s birthday is coming up and this fella would be
terrific… if he’s the real deal.

Hope you’re having a lovely weekend,

Katie

Answer:

I can’t be absolutely certain without a hands-on inspection, but I see no reason to suspect this cookie jar is a fake or reproduction.  The two Red Wing marks look to be
authentic.  These cookie jars have been reproduced but the ones I’ve seen are
clearly marked and are smaller in size than the originals.  Yellow is a common color for the friar jar and the common colors are relatively inexpensive.  I would look more suspiciously at a jar in a rare or unusual color.

Larry

Best regards,

Question:

The bowl I have looks like the Colonnes but has 2 columns.  Red Wing hand painted on the bottom and the number 317 and USA with only the A being all there.

Thank you.

Mary

Answer:

Five different sized bowls were made for the Colonnes dinnerware pattern.  The number of columns depicted depends on the size of the bowl.  The 5.5 inch sauce dish and the 6.5 inch cereal bowl had only one column.  The 7.5 inch rim soup bowl had two columns.  The 9 inch nappy (vegetable bowl) and 12 inch salad bowl each had three columns.  The larger the bowl, the greater the surface area available for artwork.

The number 317 on the bottom of the bowl is a stock or lot number.  It does not identify
the pattern or the item.

Larry

Question:

Hello!

I am wondering if you can tell me anything about this carafe in the blue/purple color with  the Red Wing Pottery Blue Star mark?

I have never known it to have a wooden handle and was wondering if you have any information in regard to this carafe? When was it made and did it originally have a handle? I cant find another one like it.

Kind regards,

Debbie

Answer:

Your blue 565 coffee server is from the Gypsy Trail line. All 565 Gypsy Trail coffee servers were sold with a wooden handle attached around the neck, although the cover was optional for a time.  Your server was made at the beginning of Gypsy Trail  roduction, or perhaps even earlier. This color scheme and the star ink stamp mark were vailable very briefly.

A brochure dated June 1935 marks the introduction of Gypsy Trail with 19 items available. All items are described as available in the standard Gypsy Trail colors – white, turquoise, blue, yellow and orange – except the 565 coffee server. Coffee server colors were blue, black, blue-green and orange. We have found this server with the star ink stamp mark in blue, blue-green and black but not in orange. Blue servers with this mark are a lighter shade than standard Gypsy Trail blue. Also, servers with the star  mark have “dry” (unglazed) bottoms and the interiors color matches the exterior. Standard 565 coffee servers have glazed bottoms marked only with “565″ and they have white interiors. These early coffee servers are the only Gypsy Trail pieces we have found marked with the star ink stamp.

The black and blue-green colors were not included in subsequent Gypsy Trail brochures, thus after the initial brochure the coffee server was available in the same standard colors as other Gypsy Trail items. The non-standard aspects – unusual colors, dry bottom, ink stamp and colored interior – lead me to believe production of these coffee servers may have begun prior to the introduction of Gypsy Trail. Today these early servers are quite hard to find, but they do turn up occasionally. Value for a complete ink stamped blue coffee server is around $100 in excellent condition. Your server is missing the wooden handle which would reduce the value somewhat.  However it would be easy to “borrow” the handle from a more common 565 server to
make yours complete.

Larry

Question:

We have two questions for your experts.

1. We just purchased a Round Up copper casserole holder that holds two casserole dishes.  I have attached a photo.  I am wondering if this could be rare as I cannot find any information on this piece.  We are also wondering if the experts could give us a value. One of the casseroles is in mint condition and the other is in bad condition.

2. We collect Round Up and Chuck Wagon. On the bottom of the plates (see attached photo) some have just a red wing, and others have writing which says, ” Red Wing Hand Painted Ovenproof U.S.A.” and then a number like 231. We are wondering what the difference is and what the number might mean.

Thank you for your help.
Mike and Carol

Answer:

1.  The copper warming stand is not easy to find but not rare.  The double-wide  arming stand was made to hold two 2 quart casseroles or one 20 inch platter.  The Round Up stand has two pottery handles in beige fleck glaze, which is identical to the stand made for the Bob White pattern.  In other words, a double-wide warming stand with beige fleck handles could be used with either Round Up or Bob White.  The stand by itself is worth $50-75 if it is complete and is not damaged or badly tarnished.  A two quart Round Up casserole with cover is worth around $100 in mint condition.  Hard to place a value on the damaged casserole but it’s probably in the range of $10-15.

2.  Red Wing bottom stamped much of their dinnerware with the familiar pinkish-red
wing from 1950 to 1957.  The ink stamp markings changed beginning in 1958.  The design of the new marks varied depending on the pattern, but the color for all changed to black.  Thus your pieces marked with the pinkish-red wing were made in 1957 (or possibly earlier) and thus were made for the Chuck Wagon pattern.  The pieces marked Red Wing Hand Painted Ovenproof USA in black ink were made in 1958 or later and thus were made for Round Up.  Three digit numbers such as 231 were stock or lot numbers; they do not identify the item or hold any meaning to collectors.

Larry

Question:

I bought this pitcher with lid at a resale shop and know very little about Red Wing but love the piece.  I did some research and think the mark dates to the 1940’s but am not sure.  I would appreciate anything else you could tell me about it.  Name of line, colors, possible value, etc. There is a chip in the lid and it measures about 9” tall. Thanks in advance for your help, great service!

Sally

Answer:

You have a pitcher with cover from the Bakeware pattern, which is more commonly known as ”Oomph”. Bakeware was produced in the mid 1940s. A brochure for this pattern featured the slogan “Red Wing puts the OOMPH into earthenware”, with OOMPH in large letters that were more prominent than the lettering used for the Bakeware name.  Thus the pattern came to be known as Oomph. The brochure refers to the colors as “Brown Outside – Green Lined”.

Bakeware pitchers are fairly common.  Value for one in excellent condition is around $50. Damage or flaws will reduce the value significantly, generally by 25 to 75%, depending on the location and visibility of the damage.

Larry

Question:
I  AM CLEANING MY MOM’S ATTIX AND CELLAR AND HAVE
FOUND A 5″X4″ TALL YELLOW CITRUS JUICE THAT
HAS  A BASE. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY IMPERFECTIONS.
CAN YOU TELL ME THE PRICE I COULD GET FOR IT AND WHERE. I TRIED THE LOCALS AND AM NOT SURE OF THE OFFERING THANK YOU

URSULA

Answer:

Most likely your juicer was made by Red Wing as part of the large Gypsy Trail dinnerware line in the early 1940s.  They were made in two colors, yellow and white, and were marked “RED WING USA 256″ on the bottom.

Red Wing juicers are fairly common but usually in “used” condition.  Most of the examples I’ve seen have had hairlines, most likely due to pressure from squeezing the juice out of fruit.  The juicer’s color is often inconsistent, almost a faded look.  An antique dealer would ask around $200 for an original Red Wing juicer in mint condition with strong dark color.  The price tag for a juicer in average condition would be about half as much.  Those are retail prices, not the value a dealer would pay to buy it from you.

A word of caution:  If your juicer is not marked Red Wing and has an unglazed bottom, it is a recent reproduction, not an original.

Larry

Question:

We are just wondering the value of this set of dinnerware. Also how to find interested buyers

1 pitcher

1 platter

1 casserole dish

1 casserole dish with cover

1 gravy bowl

1 sugar and creamer

1 salt or pepper shaker

11 dinner plates

11 salad plates

4 dessert plates

8 bowls

9 saucers

9 cups

12 dessert bowls

Feel free to e mail any questions or need anymore info.

Thank You

Lee

Answer:

Red Wing introduced the Dynasty line in 1950.  The line included two patterns that were identical except for the colors, Plum Blossom Yellow and Plum Blossom Pink.  These patterns were produced from 1950 to 1953.  The pink version is more difficult to find than yellow and thus has a bit more value than the yellow version.

The photo shows a sizeable collection of Plum Blossom Yellow dinnerware.  It appears to have originally been a service for 12 but a few pieces have been lost or broken over the years.  This would be an excellent starting point for a collector interested in building a complete set, assuming the collection is in good condition.  “Book value” for this collection is over $500 but it’s unlikely a buyer would pay that much.  Large dinnerware sets don’t attract much interest from collectors unless it is one of the “hot” patterns, and this is not one of them.  $250 to $300 would be a more realistic value for this collection.

Individually, the pitcher and covered casserole have the most value, around $50 each.  The platter, gravy boat, and sugar & creamer are worth about $25 each.  The bowls, plates, cups and saucers are worth $7 to $12 each.  All values assume excellent condition; any damage reduces the value considerably.

Larry

Question:

what can you tell me about this tea set?

Answer:

This
teapot, creamer and sugar bowl set decorated with yellow flowers and green
leaves is one of three tea sets made in the mid-1940s. Collectors refer to
this set as “Daffodil”. Another set resembles the Magnolia art pottery
line and is antiqued white in color. The third set has a Southwestern theme
with a green and rust colored design that includes a roadrunner bird on the tea
pot. These tea sets are difficult to categorize. They aren’t part of any
dinnerware line and they don’t really fit with art pottery. The nine shape
numbers (261 through 269) marked on the pieces in these sets fall immediately
after the last known shape number in the Gypsy Trail dinnerware line. To my
knowledge these three tea sets do not appear in any Red Wing brochure or
catalog, so we don’t know their official names or how they were marketed. Most
likely these were stand-alone sets that were sold as giftware. While these sets
are not common they are also not in high demand by collectors, probably because
they are not part of a full dinnerware pattern.. Your Daffodil set in clean,
undamaged condition would be worth $50-75. The chip on the teapot will reduce
the value by an amount the depends on the size and location of the chip.

Larry

Question:

I have couple of stoneware peices I need help with, The cookie jar ,I was wondering if it is Red Wing it is a $2.00 estate sale find.
The other is a 25 cent garage sale find, I think it is a dog dish? Niether are marked, I was in antique store and they had a poster of Red Wing products from the thirties and both items looked similar to ones on the poster. They called the one an animal jar it has the same dimentions listed on the chart 41/2 ” inside diameter and 71/2″ outside diameter. Is ther any value here
the cookie jar is in good shape no chips or hairlines but no cover, the dog
dish has some hairlines? I have been dealing Red Wing for a few years now but I
have never seen an animal jar, any help would be greatly apreciated.

Thanks, Papa Ted

Answer:

The cookie jar was made by Red Wing.  A July 1942 brochure titled “Hand
Painted Pottery” depicts a squat Munch Jar, a Cookie Jar,
and an 11″ Salad Bowl in three different designs: Incised Peasant,
Fruit and Rose. All three pieces in all three designs were available in three
colors: Brown, Green and White. You have a Rose cookie jar in the white color.  In mint condition this
jar complete with its cover would be worth $30-40.  Without the original
cover the value drops significantly, probably to no more than $10.

Larry