Red Wing Sample Plates

Chartreuse Bob White Sample Plate

This Bob White sample plate is just like the good old Bob White we all know and love except for a couple interesting divergences; the background color is chartreuse and there are many more brown speckles on the plate. The back of the plate has the number "585" in grease pencil under the glaze.

Do you know of any other Bob White sample plates? Please let me know at ByronBush@RedWingNet.com .

Employment Test Plate?

If you look closely at this plate you'll see that it's the green part of an Orleans plate, from the Provincial line. The owner of this plate thinks it may be an Red Wing employment test since this plate appears to have initials of the painter on the back and is totally glazed. What do you think?

Thursday Night Plates?

At one time the Red Wing Potteries sponsored a Thursday Night get together where they allowed participants to decorate dinner plate blanks with their own pattern. We think these Bob White - Like plates come from that event.

Shadowed Sample Plates

These plates differ little from their production version except that there is a light gray shadow around the outside of the plate.

The expanded view of these plates shows the original signature of Charles Murphy on the back of the Morning Glory Pink plate.

Dynasty Line Sample Plates

The first time I saw this Plum Blossom Blue sample plate I was shocked! The amazingly blue glaze on this plate is uncharacteristically bright for a Red Wing dinner plate

It's unclear whether the Speckled pink Dynasty plate is a sample, Thursday Night piece, or something that showed up after the potteries closed. It is, obviously, a Dynasty blank though!

Capistrano on Concord Sample

Does something look wrong here? It should because this is a Capistrano pattern (from the Anniversary line) on a Concord plate. I personally know of 2 of these samples but there's got to be more. Click on the image to see an expanded version of the plate along with the stamp.

Normandy on Concord

This plate seems to be a present from one of the Red Wing dinnerware painters, Bernice to her mother. It's not at all clear if this plate was snuck (my editor says this should be "Sneaked" but I like "Snuck" better) through the line or was a Thursday Night piece. The Normandy pattern is, in my opinion, one of the nicest patterns Red Wing produced and is from the Provincial line. Click the image for an expanded view of the front and back of the plate, including a date and signature.