1211861

Rare 1940s Vintage Red Wing Pottery Stoneware #1211861

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Rare 1940s Vintage Red Wing Pottery Stoneware #1211861
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This beautiful milk pitcher represents the high standards of production we expect of Red Wing. This is a rare and perfect piece!</em></td>
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This blue pottery milk pitcher was most likely produced by Red Wing Pottery of Red Wing, Minnesota in the 1940s. I have made this identification due to its resemblance to the cookie jar shown in Item # CE-100406. Both the cookie jar and this milk pitcher are constructed similarly: both have characteristic rings on the top and bottom of the respective piece, and both have the deep blue glaze. In addition, both have the same "heft", or weight, of the finished piece and are unmarked on the bottom. (The cookie jar is identified on page 153 of the "Red Wing Pottery Identification and Value Guide, Book II," by B. L.and R. L. Dollen, Collector Books, Paducah, KY, 1998.)<p>

This milk pitcher is 8 inches tall. It measures 8 inches from the lip to the farthest side of the handle and has a 3 1/2-inch base. It is solid and of excellent quality. In addition, it is in perfect condition!<p>

Red Wing's illustrious history begins in 1878 as the Red Wing Stoneware Company, which produced the stoneware jars and jugs used for storage and transport of food goods. As its competitors went out or were burned out of production, it merged with Minnesota Stoneware Company to become the reincorporation of the Red Wing Union Stoneware Company in 1908. As practical stoneware was used less and less actively, Red Wing (as the company was now trademarked) turned to art pottery and dinnerware, becoming Red Wing Potteries in 1936. The plant ceased production and closed in 1967, leaving us with the wonderful pieces ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1940</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Rare 1940s Vintage Red Wing Pottery Stoneware</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Hillsboro, Ohio USA</td></tr>
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