Monthly Archives: March 2012

2 gallon Red Wing crock and marked lid

Question:

We just purchased this crock. There are no cracks or hairlines on this either i do believe this is the original lid. There are two marks on the lid i believe are manufacturing flaws and there is also a mark i believe just under the two on the crock itself. We are wondering what the value is and if the value is any higher with the lid and crock together. Also if the value goes down due to the marks. I think I’ve attached the pictures that show the marks if not i can send them to you. Amber and Kenny

Answer:

The value for the two pieces should be seperate.  The 2 gallon Red Wing crock lid & yes this is the correct lid is $100.  The 2 gallon Red Wing crock is around $75.  Nice set when you put them together.  al

4 gallon lazy 8 target marked churn

Question:

HI,

I just found this salt glaze churn recently, but not sure if it’s a red wing? Just curious the value if its a red wing. Does have a small hole in the bottom, looks like it may have been used for a planter.

Thanks!

Brett

Answer: The 4 gallon lazy 8 target marked churn looks to be Red Wing.  The hole in the bottom does hurt the value.  Value between $150 & $175.   Al

15 gallon Red Wing with spigot and float

Question:

Hello,
 
Attached are three pictures of my 15 gallon Red Wing I recently purchased. This crock is in perfect shape along with the lid. The lid I believe is called a pedal lid? It has the number 15 in one of the pedals. The side spigot has a tube like going down to a glass ball. The basket is there so the glass ball will not break. Do you know what this is for? I also wanted to know if you have a value to this item?
 
Thanks,
Jessica

Answer:

This 15 gallon Red Wing crock was used either at a chemical company or even a university.  I do not know how this ball & tubed worked.   Now for value.  A perfect 15 gallon Red Wing lid is between $200 & $225.  Your 15 gallon crock is between $150 & $175.  Hope this helps.  Al Kohlman

35th Anniversary Celebration – Convention, July 12-14

Plans are in place…. The details are being worked out….The 35th Anniversary Celebration is guaranteed be a fun-filled weekend for everyone. If you haven’t been to Convention in awhile, grab a friend and come to Red Wing in July.

Thursday 2012 Anniversary Special Events

8:00 – 9:30 am – Membership breakfast with Charter Member program

10:30 am Convention Keynote OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Hannes Kuehen, former modeler/designer at Red Wing Pottery from 1956 – 1957

Noon – 35th Anniversary Balloon Release – honoring departed members
Noon – 2:00 pm – “Celebrating our History… 35th years later: Now Playing in the High School Commons Area” A lunch & Learn Session featuring: RWCS Member Ron Linde’s interview with famed Red Wing designer Charles Murphy and the 2000 Convention Keynote Session featuring Town & Country designer Eva Ziesel.

2:30 pm – Shared Interest Groups – Come to the Courtyard Cafe’ and share your favorite piece, talk with members who share your collecting interest area, swap stories, share information. There will be groups for stoneware, dinnerware, and art pottery.

FRIDAY 2012 Anniversary Special Events:

8:30 am Time Capsule Burial – Stop at the North Star Monument located at 1811 Old West Main St. in Red Wing to see this event.

At Red Wing High School:
11:00 – 1:30 35th Anniversary Luncheon “Pig Pickin Birthday Party”
12:00 – 1:00 35th Anniversary Cake Cutting, Sponsored by Hanish Bakery

Crock Fest – Friday night, Central Park
5:00 – 9:00 pm Red Wing Central Park

Full Convention Schedule

We’re planning activities that will bring you an exciting new RWCS Convention experience. Let’s kick off the fun with the FREE Welcome Breakfast on Thursday, July 12, in the Red Wing High School Commons. Be sure to RSVP on your Convention registration form so we know that you’re coming. There will be music and a ceremony honoring RWCS Charter Members. What a great way to reconnect with your Red Wing family!

Be sure to stay around after the keynote speaker Thursday for the memorial balloon release honoring departed members of our Red Wing family. Reps at Large Jerry Erdmann and Russa Robinson will coordinate this activity and are looking for volunteers. The Red Wing High School Cafeteria staff is joining in on the celebration by providing a freshly updated lunch menu including options for kids.
The activities on Friday, July 13, will start out early. Join us to commemorate the burial of the RWCS 35th Anniversary Time Capsule. The capsule will be buried at 8:30 a.m. by the North Star Monument located near the AmericInn on Old West Main Street in Red Wing. The 35th Anniversary Committee will soon contact members and chapters for items to be included in the capsule. The 35th Anniversary Time Capsule will be opened on the 50th Anniversary.
The party continues at the Red Wing High School with an old-fashioned anniversary party!!! The high school food service staff will be cookin’ up an old-fashioned Pig-Pickin, Pork & Turkey BBQ with all the fixin’s. More details to come. An anniversary party wouldn’t be complete without a cake. Join us in the high school commons for the anniversary cake cutting ceremony.
The 35th Anniversary Celebration continues Friday night…. Join us at Red Wing’s Central Park from 5 to 9 p.m. for “CROCKFEST” – a festival for the whole family.The 35th Anniversary Committee has partnered with the Red Wing Convention & Visitors Bureau, Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce, Red Wing Downtown Main Street and the Red Wing Arts Association to bring together a festival of food, local artists, a live pottery demonstration and live bands. We’ll have special activities and games for kids including face painting and a special clay modeling area hosted by Scott Gilmer from Red Wing Pottery & Sales. Friday night has traditionally been a time for RWCS Chapter parties. The 35th Anniversary Committee would like to invite the chapters to bring your party to Central Park this year and enjoy the activities. This will be an event you won’t want to miss!!!!

Red Wing Stoneware 6 gallon crock with a 4 1/2 inch red wing

Question:

It has Red Wing Union Stoneware Co., Red Wing Minn. #6 Patented Dec 21, 1915 on Crock not sure what kind of glaze its semi gloss and chipped a little around the bottom edge other than that I would say it in pretty good condition, Its a large crock probably around 4 or 5 gallon. I would just like to know what the value of it is. Thanks Rick

Answer:

Rick, you have a Red Wing Stoneware 6 gallon crock with a 4 1/2 inch red wing.  Value with the chips is between $80 & $100.  al

Online Convention Registration Open!

ATTENTION MEMBERS!

The 2012 Convention will mark the 35th Anniversary of the Red Wing Collectors Society July 12-14 in Red Wing, MN.

Online Registration is now open!  – NO FEES THIS YEAR TO REGISTER ONLINE!

The RWCS Membership Committee is asking each member to fill out 3 short survey questions during online registration. So please take a few moments to answer them for each current member of your household.

The 35th Anniversary Committee is inviting you to two FREE events at the 2012 Convention and we are asking you to tell us how many members in your household will attend these two events via your registration.

Thursday, July 12, 8:00am – 35th Celebration Welcome Breakfast honoring Charter members at High School FREE to registered RWCS Members

Friday, July 13, 5:00pm – Crock Fest – A Celebration of Red Wing pottery for the whole family. Food vendors, music and fun for everyone.

More Celebration activities are in the works so keep checking the website, reading your newsletter, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter!

Information on the RWCS Website Events Page includes:

Schedule of Events

Keep checking the website for updates and more information as Convention draws closer: education sessions, Kids View, Special Events.

Don’t forget! Register before April 1st and be in the drawing for ONE of the eighteen 2012 Special Commemoratives.

Take Action Today and SAVE!

  1. Online: www.RedWingCollectors.org (No FEE to register online)
  2. Phone: 800-977-7927 (Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm CST)
  3. Mail: PO BOX 50, Red Wing, MN, 55066 (download form)
  4. Fax: 651-388-4042 (download form)

Red Wing Reproduction Dinneware

Question:

Hello,

 

This vase is marked “Red Wing”, and also has “JP 79″ inscribed on the bottom.

 

I’m assuming that someone used a Red Wing mold to produce this. Could that

be correct, and does it have any value?

 

Thanks!

Jane

Answer:

Yes, this little pitcher was undoubtedly made by a hobby potter or art school student using an old Red Wing mold.  Such pieces are actually quite common because Red Wing sold all their molds when the business folded in 1967.  These pieces have no value as a Red Wing collectible, but some collectors like to acquire them as curiosities.  They seldom sell for more than $25 and usually quite a bit less than that. 

Larry

Tampico Dinnerware

Question:

Recently, my mother left me with a set of Tampico, I am wondering what its value might be.  I’m not certain if I should try to sell it as an odd numbered set or try selling piece by piece… 

There are a lot of pieces…

16 cup and saucers, 15 dinner plates, 8 salad plates, 11 bread and butter plates, 10 berry bowls, 11 cereal bowls, 2 sugar bowls with lids, 1 creamer, 1 divided vegetable dish, 2 8″ Serving bowls, 3 9″ serving bowls, 1 covered casserole, 1 large oval platter, 1 footed cake stand, 1 gravy boat, 1 relish dish, 1 butter dish, and a salt and pepper set.  There is also a 10″ footed serving bowl with no melon or wine motif – just the speckled background.  Is this another pattern?

The pieces are in good condition, except the following pieces have a small chip along the rim or edge:

4 of the berry bowls, 2 of the 9″ serving bowls. 

Thank you for your kind consideration and all of the information provided on your website.  It is invaluable!

Beth 

Recently, my mother left me with a set of Tampico, I am wondering what its value might be.  I’m not certain if I should try to sell it as an odd numbered set or try selling piece by piece… 

 

There are a lot of pieces…

16 cup and saucers, 15 dinner plates, 8 salad plates, 11 bread and butter plates, 10 berry bowls, 11 cereal bowls, 2 sugar bowls with lids, 1 creamer, 1 divided vegetable dish, 2 8″ Serving bowls, 3 9″ serving bowls, 1 covered casserole, 1 large oval platter, 1 footed cake stand, 1 gravy boat, 1 relish dish, 1 butter dish, and a salt and pepper set.  There is also a 10″ footed serving bowl with no melon or wine motif – just the speckled background.  Is this another pattern?

 

The pieces are in good condition, except the following pieces have a small chip along the rim or edge:

4 of the berry bowls, 2 of the 9″ serving bowls. 

 

Thank you for your kind consideration and all of the information provided on your website.  It is invaluable!

 

Beth

Answer:

Please see the “How can I sell my Red Wing Pottery pieces” section for advice on selling Red Wing.   This advice can be found on the RWCS website under “FAQ” under the “About Us” menu.  You may want to consider selling 8 place settings (dinner plate, salad plate, B&B plate, berry bowl, cereal bowl, cup & saucer) as a unit, then sell the rest of the pieces individually. 

Values below are for items in excellent undamaged condition.  Damage reduces the value by 25 to 75% or more, depending on the extent and location of the damage.

Dinner plate:  $15-20

Salad plate:  $7.5-12

B&B plate:  $5-10

Cup & saucer:  $10-15

Cereal bowl:  $ 10-15

Sauce dish (berry bowl): $5-10

Sugar bowl & cover:  $12-15

Creamer:  $12-15

Divided vegetable dish:  $25-30

Rim soup bowl (8”):  $15-20

Nappy bowl (9”):  $15-20

Covered casserole:  $40-50

Platter 13” or 15”:  $25-40

Gravy boat:  $25-30

Cake stand:  $40-60

Relish dish:  $15-20

Covered butter dish:  $20-25

Salt & Pepper:  $20-25

The beige fleck serving bowl with no decoration is not a part of any dinnerware pattern.  This bowl is among a number of beige fleck-glazed accessory items that Red Wing sold as giftware.  These could be used alone, or they could be matched with any of the beige fleck patterns such as Tampico, Bob White or Lute Song.  This bowl is common and is worth around $15.

Larry

Red Wing Stoneware 3 gallon beehive jug

Question:

Hello:

I have attatched two photos of a jug that I found in someone’s basement.  Can you tell me if this is a Red Wing, and an approxamite value?  There does not appear to be any noticeable chips or cracks, and it looks like the original cork is still in it.

Thank you

Josh

Answer:

Yes, this a Red Wing Stoneware 3 gallon beehive jug.  With just the #3 and no advertising or decoration, the value is around $200.   al

Red Wing Collectors Converge on Des Moines, IA

Red Wing Collectors Converge on Des Moines for

7. Although damaged, this 3 gallon Elephant Ear churn still sold for $250 thanks to its upside down “Union Stoneware Co.” oval. Popular among collectors because the oval was incorrectly applied, these oddities are more often found on pieces decorated with the red wing.

 

DES MOINES – More than 300 Red Wing stoneware and pottery collectors got their winter fix by attending the Red Wing Collectors Society (RWCS) MidWinter GetTogether from Feb. 10-12 at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Des Moines, Ia.

Many attendees sold Red Wing wares from their hotel rooms, arriving as early as Wednesday, Feb. 8 to buy and sell stoneware and pottery, but the event officially kicked off with a reception on the evening of Friday, Feb. 10. The theme of this year’s event was a “1920s Red Wing Speakeasy”, and many members participated by dressing in their best gangster and flapper garb.

This year’s keynote speaker was Dave Hallstrom, president of the RWCS Foundation, who discussed the exciting steps the Foundation is taking to purchase a new space for the Red Wing Pottery Museum. The Foundation is purchasing half of the Pottery Place Annex building located in Red Wing’s historic pottery district, with the Red Wing Area Seniors organization purchasing and occupying the other half. The groups are hoping to close on the property this spring; the Foundation hopes to move the museum into the new space later this year.

Also sharing in the keynote presentation was the RWCS 35th Anniversary Committee, which announced a new slate of activities for this year’s Convention. Scheduled for July 12-14 in Red Wing, Minn., the 35th Anniversary Convention will attract thousands of collectors to Red Wing for a week of educational meetings, auctions, buying, selling and fun for the whole family. A new event called “Crockfest” will headline this year’s Convention. Slated for 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, July 13 in Red Wing’s Central Park, the large gathering of RWCS members and local residents will include food, local artists, live music, kids’ activities and live pottery demonstrations. For more information about the RWCS 35th Anniversary Convention, visit www.redwingcollectors.org or call 800-977-7927.

Several educational sessions followed the keynote address, including Red Wing Dinnerware mysteries and reproductions presented by Larry Roschen and Terry Moe, digging in the Red Wing Pottery Dump by Steve Showers, and digging for stoneware and bottles in old outhouse sites by Mark Wiseman.

More than a dozen kids attended the event with their parents, and they enjoyed participating in the KidsView “Pottery of the Roaring 20s” themed educational activities.

The always popular Saturday Show & Sale was followed by an independently sponsored auction, which was once again conducted by Richard and Todd Houghton of Houghton’s Auction Services of Red Wing, Minn. This year’s auction featured a wide variety of pieces for every collector’s taste, including stoneware, dinnerware and art pottery.

5. Hard to find complete with lid, this Red Wing carousel cookie jar sold for $375.

Two of the top stoneware pieces included a grayline cookie jar and a 5 gallon salt glaze leaf crock front-stamped “Red Wing Stoneware Co.” – each sold for $400. A Bob White water cooler and a “King of Tarts” cookie jar each sold for $425, and a dinnerware test glaze plate brought $260.

The Red Wing Collectors Society was founded in 1977 in Red Wing, Minn. and is devoted to educating people about all American pottery. There are more than 4,000 members worldwide. The Red Wing Potteries had diverse pottery lines that included stoneware, dinnerware and art pottery. Annual membership costs only $25 and includes six full-color newsletters mailed to your home throughout the year.

Make your plans to attend the 35th Anniversary Convent

ion in Red Wing this summer from July 12-14. For more information or to become a member, call the RWCS business office at 800-977-7927, e-mail membership@redwingcollectors.org or log on to www.redwingcollectors.org. You can also find the RWCS on Facebook or follow the club on Twitter @RWPottery.

3. Auction attendees had the opportunity to buy an instant collection of different-colored ashtrays made to commemorate President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s visit to Red Wing in 1960 to dedicate the Hiawatha Bridge that crosses the Mississippi River into Wisconsin. Sold individually, the green, blue, yellow, purple and red ashtrays sold for a bargain – only $140 combined.2. This 5 gallon leaf crock front-stamped “Red Wing Stoneware Company” was a good buy at $400.