0.25 lb (0.11 kg) Weight # Price W63-U4YMKM 260.00 USD Buy

Issued by Red Wing Potteries to commemorate the rivalry between the football teams of the Universities of Minnesota and Wisconsin, this badger on a football figurine represents the University of Wisconsign Badgers.

The figurine consists of a football behind which a badger is standing on its hind legs.

A few small clay bubbles can be found on the base of this figurine, but these bubbles are a manufacturing effect and are not damage. This figurine, however, does have some slight damage. Two tiny, 1/16 inch, flakes look like nostrils on the nose of the badger. Please see the pictures.

The Red Wing stoneware companies produced figurines and art pieces throughout their lifespan. Even as far back as the 1880's, they manufactured limited numbers of small animal shapes for children. Since they were intended to be toys, these pieces are exceptionally rare today.

Not until the 1930's did Red Wing Potteries earnestly begin producing figural artware for the mass market. More and more shapes started including figural elements. In 1939, nineteen new figures entered their catalog with brand new glaze colors. Various other figures and pottery "just for the sake of art" would enter into and exit out of production after that time.

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.

Parts

Part	Measurements
Badger on Football	2.50 in (6.35 cm) Height 2.75 in (6.99 cm) Width 2.50 in (6.35 cm) Depth

Photo Album
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Side view of figurine.	Rear view of figurine.	View of other side of figurine. Please notice clay bubbles on base.	Front view of figurine.
Closeup view of flakes on nose of badger.	Bottom view of figurine.