Red Wing Pottery
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Minnesota Stoneware Company
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| Location | 1997 West Main Street, Red Wing, Minnesota |
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| Nearest city | Red Wing, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44°33′51″N 92°33′33″W / 44.56417°N 92.55917°WCoordinates: 44°33′51″N 92°33′33″W / 44.56417°N 92.55917°W |
| NRHP Reference # | 79001243 |
| Added to NRHP | December 26, 1979 |
Red Wing pottery refers to American stoneware, pottery, or dinnerware items made by a company initially set up in Red Wing, Minnesota, in 1861 by German immigrant John Paul, which changed its names several times until finally settling on Red Wing Potteries, Inc. in 1936. The pottery factory that started in 1861 continues to the present day under the names of Red Wing Pottery and Red Wing Stoneware. There was a respite in production when Red Wing Pottery Sales, Inc. had a strike in 1967 causing them to temporarily cease trading. The company still makes both zinc/Bristol glazed products as well as salt-glazed, hand-thrown, kiln fired items.
Pottery was and is produced in Red Wing, MN by under various names from 1861 to the present.
Many different ink stamped, impressed, and hand painted marks were used.
Pottery produced by John Paul, a German immigrant potter, in a farm near Red Bull, over the years 1861 through to 1863, using the techniques he had previously learned.
The pottery production was continued by William M. Philleo under the name of Red Wing Terra Cotta Works, altering John Paul recipe by adding silica to the natural red clay.
An offshoot of Red Wing Terra Cotta Works, the Minnesota Stoneware Company was in production from 1880 to 1906, making a salt-glazed version of the pottery. It is one of the companies that merged to form Red Wing Union Stoneware Company.
North Star Stoneware was in production from 1892 to 1896.
Red Wing Stoneware Company was in operation from 1877 to 1906. It is one of the companies that merged to form Red Wing Union Stoneware Company. In 1984 John Falconer bought the rights to the name and started manufacturing stoneware again in Red Wing. In 2013 B. and I. Johnson purchased the company.
Union Stoneware Company was in production from 1894 to 1906. It is one of the companies that merged to form Red Wing Union Stoneware Company.
Red Wing Union Stoneware Company incorporated all the offshoot companies under the operating name of Red Wing Union Stoneware Company, and operated from 1906 to 1936.
In 1926 Red Wing began producing Art Pottery. The first production was of "Brushed Ware". For the first time each shape was marked with an ink stamped number.
Red Wing Potteries, Inc. is the same company as Red Wing Union Stoneware Company. The name changed in 1936 and was retained until the pottery closed in 1967.
RumRill Art pottery, founded by George Rumrill, was made by Red Wing from 1933 to 1937. George Rumrill was an art pottery designer & salesman who contracted with Red Wing to make his art pottery. RumRill shapes were numbered from 50 to 677.)
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