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Village Green Two Quart Casserole and Cover
This is the medium-sized casserole made in the Village Green line. This casserole is glazed brown inside and out while the lid is glazed all over in green. The casserole has a few light utensil scratches on the interior bottom. The casserole is otherwise in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. Also with no chips or cracks is the casserole cover. The cover, however, has a clay separation on the bottom. The clay separation is not damage, it was simply manufactured that way. Both the casserole and cover have a few of the usual manufacturing glaze effects typical of this line. The flagship pattern in the Village Green line was the Village Green pattern and is glazed in green and brown. "Its unique appearance makes it a favorite for casserole and buffet dinners or for outdoor ranch style entertaining," croons a brochure of the Village Green pattern dinnerware, "The green has an effect similar to the color of Silver Pine, while the brown can be described as Rustic Brown." In 1951, Red Wing Potteries offered a large new line of dinnerware they called Village Green. Village Green is also the name of the predominant pattern in the line. The Potteries designed Village Green after Oomph Bakeware with which they had a great amount of success. Offered in both the traditional colors of Oomph and in new patterns, Village Green line dinnerware continued the tradition of success at the Potteries. One of the features that makes Village Green line dinnerware such a success is its characteristic stoneware look and feel. Heavy, substantial pieces, oftentimes with a variety of glaze imperfections, like glaze skips, bubbles, pops and streaks, give the dinnerware patterns a warm, used and distinctive feel. Not considered damage, these manufacturing glaze effects are highly desirable. All Village Green line dinnerware is "safe in the dish washer, in the oven in detergents." 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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