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This area of collectibles has consistently been a favorite with Red Wing collectors. If it could be used to help preserve, store, cook, or serve food, one of the Red Wing companies probably made it. The major categories include:
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Please see the reference section in this site for details on the books mentioned below.
Over 50 pages with color photos and prices of kitchenware can be found in RW Stoneware. Two marks unique to kitchenware pieces, Red Wing Oven Ware and Red Wing Saffron Ware, are shown on p 156 of this same book. A careful examination of this book shows that many Red Wing kitchenware items are unmarked. Many of these unmarked pieces, do however, have distinctive characteristics that make them identifiable to the discerning eye.
The North Star Stoneware Co, best known for items in this category, used various star markings on their pieces (Newkirk Markings-p 37, Tefft-pp 59-66, RW Stoneware-p 155).
Also, the multitude of marks for the larger pieces (crocks,etc.) can sometimes be found on kitchenware pieces (pp 151-156 RW Stoneware).
The artware books by Reiss (pp 71-84) and Dollen (pp 114-116,118-119) also have sections on kitchenware.
If you do not have the slightest idea what the correct name of the piece you have is, you might check out the advertisement reprints shown on pp 138,139,158,159 of Tefft. A large number of the categories listed previously are shown here.
As is the case with some larger stoneware (churns, etc.), many of the kitchenware pieces came with lids. RW Stoneware (pp 144-150) shows many color photos of lids and covers. The value of a piece is greatly affected by the presence of an appropriate lid.
The huge number of kitchenware items precludes any concise comprehensive summary of all their characteristics. Be assured, however, that if it is a Red Wing piece it is valuable. The price guides show that even the common bowls at $25+ and many pieces are several hundred dollars. Of course for the rare ones the sky is the limit!
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