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This is the creamer, the smallest pitchers, from the Orleans pattern of dinnerware. It is glazed all over in white and is further decorated with the handpainted Orleans pink rose floral design. The bottom of the creamer is stamped with the Red Wing Pottery HANDPAINTED blue ink stamp.

The creamer is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. It does have some light crazing which culminates in a very short, difficult to see and tight hairline at the creamer's top edge.

Named for a former province in the north-central France, Orleans pattern dinnerware displays an overall floral design primarily in pink but also with blues, greens and oranges. Serving pieces continue the pattern, incorporating little pink flowers as lid handles.

Along with the Concord line, the Provincial line of dinnerware represented a significant shift in the way that Red Wing Potteries produced dinnerware. For the first time, the Potteries offered dinnerware that was individually hand painted. The dinnerware line was a huge success for the Potteries. With artistic proficiency, the Provincial dinnerware patterns offered an elegant alternative to solid colored dinnerware in the Red Wing portfolio.

Red Wing Potteries starting producing the Charles Murphy designed Provincial line dinnerware in 1941. They named each pattern in the Provincial line after a province in France, seemingly to promote the elegance of the line. All patterns in the Provincial line are hand-painted.

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.

Parts

Part	Measurements
Creamer	3.75 in (9.53 cm) Height 4.50 in (11.43 cm) Length

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View of side of creamer.	View of other side of creamer.	Top view of creamer.	Bottom view of creamer.