Red Wing Pottery

[1][2] There was a respite in production when Red Wing Pottery Sales, Inc. had a strike in 1967 causing them to temporarily cease trading.

[6] Pottery production was begun by John Paul, a German immigrant potter, in a farm near Red Bull, between 1861 and 1863, using the techniques he had previously learned.

[1] An offshoot of Red Wing Terra Cotta Works, the Minnesota Stoneware Company, was in production from 1880 to 1906, making a salt-glazed version of the pottery.

[2] In 1984 John Falconer bought the rights to the name and started manufacturing stoneware again in Red Wing.

For several years they remarked existing RumRill shapes[17] [18] Dinnerware was made by Red Wing from 1935 to 1967.

In 2013 Bruce and Irene Johnson purchased the company to be run as a family business and located in Red Wing.

The former Minnesota Stoneware Company building in Red Wing.
Crock manufactured by the company.