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Ceramastone Dinner Plate in Butterscotch Glaze with Sticker
This is a dinner plate from the Ceramastone line of dinnerware. It is glazed in a non-standard color that we like to call Butterscotch. The stamp on the bottom of the plate states, simply RED WING/b> This dinnerplate still has the original sales sticker on the back. The sales sticker says RED WING PROVINCIAL WARE, RUSTIC SAND FINISH, OVEN PROOF The interesting aspect of this sticker is that it is on the wrong piece of dinnerware. This dinner plate is from the Ceramastone line of dinnerware, not Provincial Ware. So, why does this dinner plate have the wrong sticker? Red Wing Potteries was shutting down when this dinner plate was made, so did they just use any sticker they happened to have on hand? It's a delicious conundrum, one to enhance your dinner plate collection! This dinnerplate is in mint, unused condition. It has no chips, cracks or signs of wear. Red Wing Potteries produced Ceramastone in several standard colors. Shortly after introducing Ceramastone, however, Red Wing Potteries closed. The remaining run of Ceramastone was completed using whatever glazes were still available. As a result, therefore, a wide-variety of Cermastone colors can be found. There are Hearthstone Orange plates with an orange border instead brown, there are several different shades of glaze from bright matte yellow to glossy dark tan that are all referred to as Adobestone, and so on. Finding different glazes for a Ceramastone dinnerware set can be its own worthwhile endeavor. Red Wing Potteries introduced their Ceramastone line of dinnerware in 1967. They used a heavier clay for this line and fired it at a much higher temperature, making for the first time actual stoneware dinnerware. These pieces are heavy and sturdy. Designed by Charles Murphy, All Ceramastone patterns employ complementary colors; all these nice, rich, earthy tones. Therefore, tables can be set that employ more than one, or indeed even all, of the patterns at the same time. All Ceramastone designs are 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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