Answers to Red Wing Trivia Quiz #3

A brief reference is given for some of the answers, please see the References for the complete title.

1. A nappy is...

Answer: all of the above.

bulletthe same as a nappie.
bulleta shallow, flat bottom dish for serving food.
bulletwhat you need after a long day of shopping for Red Wing dinnerware.

Both spellings are seen in the Newkirk dinnerware book.

   
2. A marmite with cover ...

Answer: is a small casserole used to make individual servings.

See pictures in the Newkirk dinnerware book.

   
3. Turkey eyes...

Answer:a and b

bulletare formed by liquid dripping down on salt glaze stoneware during the firing process.
bulletare brownish-black globs and streaks on stoneware.

See picture in Red Wing Stoneware book, p 19.

   
4. Round ovals were...

Answer: really circles used to mark some RWUSC stoneware.

See pictures on p 146 Tefft and p 47 of Newkirk Markings.

   
5. Oval overs ...

Answer: are where the oval is found above the wing instead of the usual wing over the oval.

See p 147 Tefft.

   
6. Koverwates...

Answer: fit inside a crock to to push the contents down into the liquid.

See p 157 Tefft.

   
7. The term pot belly...

Answer:a and c

bulletis used to describe a style of water cooler made after 1915.
bulletis used to describe guys who sit around, drink beer, and talk about stoneware all day.

See p 130 Tefft. Also known as dunlaps disease, where your stomach done laps over your belt.

   
8. It is widely known that the red wing is radioactive...

Answer: and so is much of the yellow and red glazed dinnerware and artware from the 1930s.

See p 147 Tefft.

   
9. A shoulder jug...

Answer: has a crock type bottom with various tops molded to it.

See p 17 of Red Wing Stoneware and p 129 Tefft.

   
10. The only plate that Cliff Ekdahl could not find for his new video on dinnerware was...

Answer: pastel blue Fondoso- 9 1/2 inch

Cliff has an informative video just completed about Red Wing dinnerware. You can order it elsewhere in this site.

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