RARE "PRETTY RED WING" INDIAN MAIDEN ASHTRAY..BEAUTIFUL

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RARE "PRETTY RED WING" INDIAN MAIDEN ASHTRAY..BEAUTIFUL

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Sold Date:01/15/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ceramics

THIS IS THE RARE "PRETTY RED WING" ASHTRAY FROM THE RED WING POTTERIES OF RED WING, MINNESOTA. IT MEASURES 9 1/2 INCHES LONG AND 4 INCHES AT IT'S WIDEST POINT. THE FRONT SHOWS A PICTURE OF THE INDIAN MAIDEN BARE BREASTED WHICH WAS PRETTY RACY FOR IT'S TIME. THE BACK SAYS "RED WING POTTERIES PRETTY RED WING U.S.A." GARY AND BONNIE TEFT PUBLISHED "RED WING POTTERIES AND THEIR WARES AND THEY SAY THAT "THE PRETTY RED WING ASHTRAY WAS SUPPOSEDLY A PROTOTYPE FOR AN ANNIVERSARY PIECE AND WAS REJECTED AS BEING TOO RISQUE. IT WAS ONCE BELIEVED THAT ONLY SIX OF THESE WERE MADE". IN 1987 A REVISED VERSION OF THE RED WING ASHTRAY...MINUS THE INDIAN MAIDEN WAS PRODUCED FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RED WING COLLECTORS SOCIETY. IN THE "RED WING COLLECTIBLES" BOOK BY DAN DEPASQUALE, GAIL PECK AND LARRY PETERSON ON PAGE 145 THEY ALLUDE TO THE SAME ASHTRAY THIS WAY. "PERHAPS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND SOUGHT AFTER PIECE IS WHAT IS TRADIONALLY CALLED "PRETTY RED WING". DEPICTED IS AN INDIAN MAIDEN IN A GRACEFUL SCULPTURED WING...VALUE $425.00-$475.00. I HAVE GIVEN ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I CAN FIND ON THIS RARE AND HARD TO FIND PIECE. T ARE NO CHIPS, CRACKS, STAINS, CRAZING OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND. THIS ASHTRAY IS IN MINT CONDITION. LET ME MENTION THAT ANY LIGHT OR WHITE SPOTS YOU MAY SEE ARE ONLY CAMERA FLASH AND NOT ON THE PIECE OF POTTERY. T IS NOT ONE SINGLE FLAW OR DEFECT ON THIS PIECE. WHAT A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY RED WING COLLECTION. BUYER PAYS SHIPPING. PAYPAL WITHIN 24 HRS AND NO LATER. THANKS..

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