Northern Lights Pattern Dinnerware

Northern Lights Six Inch Cereal Bowl SOLD OUT	Northern Lights Seven Inch Soup Bowl 6.99 USD - 22.99 USD	Northern Lights Saucer SOLD OUT
Northern Lights Five Inch Fruit Bowl 0.49 USD

Not frequently seen in Minnesota but always appreciated, the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, paint the night sky in a rainbow of colors bright and muted.

Northern Lights pattern dinnerware is decorated in an all-over leaf design reminiscent of Danish designs in silver. The soft silver gray and turquoise pattern represented the thoroughly modern tastes of the day.

Red Wing offered a similar pattern in shades of brown and gold called Golden Viking.

Red Wing Potteries introduced their Futura line of dinnerware in 1955 with excitingly modern shapes. Designed by Charles Murphy, the flatware pieces in the line are slightly ovoid rather than round and the serving pieces are slightly off-center.

A Red Wing brochure states of the Futura line that "Red Wing's new shape is modified oval, designed for practicality as well as interest and grace. Plates, bowls and cups are easy to handle, easy to stack, and require minimum table space - ideal for outdoor and buffet service. Cups feature a slightly narrowed 'non-splash' lip. Beverage servers, salts and peppers, handles on bowls and covers are in 'different' shapes to lend zest to your service."

All Futura designs are hand-painted, oven-proof, colorfast and detergent safe.

Red Wing Potteries gradually converted from producing stoneware to dinnerware and art pottery. Starting in the 1930's and through their closure in 1967, Red Wing Potteries produced over a hundred different dinnerware patterns. Forms ranged from traditional shapes to the whimsical. Patterns included every design from floral motifs to the abstract. They produced heavy ceramic, fine china and economy dinnerware sets. Some patterns consisted of mostly flatware with few serving pieces. Some patterns consisted of only serving pieces. Other patterns had both.

On the bottom of most Red Wing dinnerware pieces you will find three little dots. These dots are left in the glaze by the little tripod that the Potteries used to support the piece when they fired it in the kiln. The three dots are not damage, they are a remnant of the manufacturing process and authenticate the piece as being actual Red Wing.

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