page_title: Red Wing Pottery
section_title: Minnesota Stoneware Company
hierarchical_section_title: Red Wing Pottery / Previous Pottery names used in Red Wing / Minnesota Stoneware Company
caption_attribution_description: English: Original Image taken from The Minnesota Historical Society on Flickr
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Crock manufactured by the company.
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