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Friar Tuck Figural Cookie Jar with Lid in Yellow Glaze
Charles Murphy designed this figural cookie jar in 1941. Named Friar Tuck, the jar is molded in the shape of a monk. Dressed in an elaborate robe, the scroll at the bottom states Thou Shalt Not Steal." This cookie jar comes in yellow glaze with hand painted brown highlights. It stands a tall 10.5 inches tall with the lid on. This jar is bottom stamped with the Red Wing HAND PAINTED ink stamp and two patent numbers. This cookie jar base and lid have light crazing in spots. There are also some minor red paint spots on the inside of the base which cannot be seen while the jar is on display. This jar is otherwise in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. Red Wing Potteries produced a host of brightly glazed serving pieces that could either be used with other patterns in the Gypsy Trail line or all by themselves. Hostess Ware includes pitchers, jugs, tea and coffee pots, casseroles, cookie jars, bowls, serving dishes, planters, salt and peppers and canisters. Gypsy trail is the first dinnerware line produced by the Red Wing Potteries. It consists of four different patterns and related serving pieces. 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. Red Wing Potteries first cookie jar probably debuted in 1938. In the early 1940's, however, cookie jar production was booming. The potteries added new cookie jar designs in the 1950's and again in the 1960's, though they dropped several of the older designs throughout that time. The potteries produced some of their cookie jars to match dinnerware patterns, but most were their own unique designs. Similar to cookie jars, the potteries also produced other container shapes for holding just about everything the cook had in the kitchen. "Kitchenware" was the actual term used by the Red Wing Potteries to describe utilitarian, yet decorative, wares designed for kitchen use in the new pottery clays and glazes of the art pottery era. The potteries produces a wide range of items for the hostess to use in the kitchen, table and patio areas. The Red Wing Stoneware companies produced limited amounts of art pottery in the nineteenth century. Over time, they increased their production. Art pottery production in volume probably started sometime shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, though it didn't become a significant portion of their business until the late 1920's. Over time, Red Wing Potteries produced an amazingly wide assortment of art pottery forms in many different colors. Prominent designers Belle Kogan and Charles Murphy contributed significantly to the art pottery lines. The bottoms of art pottery pieces are either glazed or unglazed. On the bottom of the glazed 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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