Red Wing Collectors Society-Iowa Chapter

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Red Wing Collectors Society-Iowa Chapter This is the official Iowa Chapter page for the Red Wing Collectors Society. Members are collectors of Red Wing, MN and other American Potteries.

The page was created by then chapter president & historian Corrinne Waterman Reed in 2016.

Great RWCS annual convention dinnerware display!
11/02/2026

Great RWCS annual convention dinnerware display!

According to the late Jim Norine these bulldogs sold for 18 cents in 1895. Unbelievable!
10/31/2026

According to the late Jim Norine these bulldogs sold for 18 cents in 1895. Unbelievable!

2011 "Spring Fling" in Arizona. Eat your heart out all you snowbound northerners!
10/29/2026

2011 "Spring Fling" in Arizona. Eat your heart out all you snowbound northerners!

Unusual Minnesota Stoneware Co. piece
10/28/2026

Unusual Minnesota Stoneware Co. piece

Now that's some "super" advertising!
10/26/2026

Now that's some "super" advertising!

RWCS member Ron Linde spent a great deal of time interviewing Charles Murphy, a Red Wing designer for 19 years. In one o...
10/25/2026

RWCS member Ron Linde spent a great deal of time interviewing Charles Murphy, a Red Wing designer for 19 years. In one of the interviews he mentioned to Ron that in the 1940's Red Wing Potteries considered producing decorative tiles. Murphy designed this hand painted example with a Harvest motif like the dinnerware line of the same name, but tile never became a production item at Red Wing Potteries.

Charles Murphy plate designed as a 1939 New York World's Fair souvenir. The rim is divided into 5 segments by fair symbo...
10/24/2026

Charles Murphy plate designed as a 1939 New York World's Fair souvenir. The rim is divided into 5 segments by fair symbols with 5 exhibition halls depicted. Clockwise they are Federal Government Building, Marine Transportation Building, Hall of Communications, Food Exhibitors Building, & the Building of Contemporary Arts.

2013 MidWinter in Des Moines, Iowa - that's quite a group of cowhands!
10/23/2026

2013 MidWinter in Des Moines, Iowa - that's quite a group of cowhands!

Many years ago I interviewed Marie Murphy, widow of the late Red Wing designer Charles Murphy in Sedona, AZ. Here are so...
10/22/2026

Many years ago I interviewed Marie Murphy, widow of the late Red Wing designer Charles Murphy in Sedona, AZ. Here are some of the pics she shared with me of Charles's work in portraiture. Such strong, commanding features on each of them.

Too soon for a Halloween post?   1960s Trader Vic skull mug
10/21/2026

Too soon for a Halloween post? 1960s Trader Vic skull mug

Address

240 Harrison Street, Unit 3
Red Wing, MN
55066

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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+16513884004

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