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Red Wing Pottery Makes Its Fiction Debut

The novel, Shades of Darkness, Shades ofCadillac of pottery." Ten years after the
Grace is set in Minnesota among the statesplant closed in 1967, a group interested in
many natural wonders, rich history, andcollecting the pottery for both its beauty
eclectic towns providing a vivid backdropand historic significance founded the Red
against which the story unfolds. One of theWing Collector's Society. Every year during
key plot points involves Red Wing Pottery,the second week in July, thousands of Red
manufactured in the Minnesota town of theWing collectors from across the U.S. converge
same name for nearly 100 years. The matriarchon the city of Red Wing for their annual
of the Pierson family, Beverly, collects Redconvention, where members buy, sell, barter,
Wing Pottery and has gone into the antiqueand trade pieces of the pottery. Highlights
business opening Past Treasures Antiques inof the Red Wing Convention include auctions,
downtown Wayzata, Minnesota. Red Wing had itswhere mint condition salt glaze pottery,
origins in the rich clay discovered as theunusual or one-of-a-kind pieces can sell for
area was being settled in the 1860s. Overthousands of dollars. Want to learn more
nearly 90 years the company would produceabout Red Wing Pottery? There are numerous
salt glaze pottery, utilitarian stoneware,web sites devoted to the history,
art pottery, cookie jars, and over 100preservation, and selling of Red Wing and
patterns of hand-painted ceramic dinnerware.some of the best are listed below. Another
Much of the stoneware was marked with agood place to shop for Red Wing is on eBay,
distinctive red wing on the front, in laterwhere more than a few Red Wing aficionados
years the art pottery and dinnerware waslike Beverly Pierson have caught the
stamped with a red wing on the bottom. In thecollecting bug and developed spectacular
novel, Beverly and Bill Pierson give theircollections of the pottery. Resources: Red
son Paul and his bride Pamela, a blue tintedWing Collector's Society - Founded in 1977,
lily bowl and pitcher, a stunning example ofthe Society is a great place to learn more
Red Wing artistry. Officially advertised asabout the pottery and its lasting legacy. Red
"Ewers and Basins in blue tint" - the set wasWing Collector's Society Foundation - This
offered in the 1920s and 30s along withnon-profit foundation's mission is to
hundreds of other stoneware items for thepreserve the history of Red Wing Pottery. The
household and farm. Because few of theseRWCS Foundation maintains a museum in Red
gorgeous sets survived intact, in mintWing, MN and provides educational materials
condition they are extremely valuable. Asand scholarships. Red Wing Dinnerware - Todd
Kay, the narrator of the story notes, RedHintz and his wife Ivy Loughborough are avid
Wing Pottery is an integral part ofcollectors of Red Wing Dinnerware and have
Minnesota's history. But the pottery alsodesigned an extensive web site on the topic.
holds an important place within the historyEvery pattern is represented. Schleich Red
of America and the pottery industry, as inWing Pottery Museum - In October, 2001, Jerry
the early 20th Century the company was theand Louise Schleich opened this one-of-a-kind
largest manufacturer of pottery in the Unitedmuseum in their hometown of Lincoln, NE.
States. Other Red Wing pieces of noteSince then, hundreds of visitors from around
mentioned in the book include Nokomis vasesthe world have viewed the collection. Over
that were part of the art pottery line during5,000 pieces on display chronicle the history
the 1930s; cherry band pitchers which wereof  Red  Wing  Pottery.
manufactured during the same time period as
the lily pitcher and basin; and cookie jarsCatherine Johnson is the author of Shade of
produced until the plant's closing. Today,Darkness, Shades of Grace published through
Red Wing Pottery is highly sought after byiUniverse. For more about the novel, visit
collectors and is often referred to as "theCatherine Johnson Novels.



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