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RED WING UNION-STONEWARE AMETHYST,ART POTTERY VASE,1930
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RED WING UNION-STONEWARE AMETHYST,ART POTTERY VASE,1930
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Up for auction is Red Wing-Union Stoneware Company of Red Wing Minnesota, American Art Pottery, Baluster Shape, 2 Handled Trophy Vase in Mint Condition with the most spectacular black amethyst glaze treatment, I have ever seen on a piece of pottery. The history of the various Red Wing Pottery Companies is quite extensive. In 1878 the Red Wing Stoneware Company was formed and their main product line was utilitarian stoneware items. In 1894 Red Wing Stoneware and 2 other stoneware companies formed a selling agency or jobber named Union Stoneware Company in an attempt to help each other distribute their wares with more volume and with the selling force of just a sales company. Each of these potteries Red Wing, Minnesota Stoneware and North Star Stoneware all remained independent of each other, but each company shared in the selling through Union Stoneware. The agreement between the potteries was based on a quota system and North Star Stoneware, being the smallest company had the smallest quota. By 1896 North Star Closed their doors and then in 1906 Red Wing Stoneware and Minnesota Stoneware did merge together. The Union Stoneware selling agency was absorbed into the one company and the new name became the Red Wing-Union Stoneware Company. In the late 1920's the demand for utilitarian stoneware items was declining. Less expensive, less bulky and less weighty glass and metal products were beginning to take over the roll that utilitarian stoneware had for so many years. Red Wing Union Stoneware decided to test the Art Pottery waters and introduced a line of Art Pottery stoneware garden pottery items in the late 1920's. Next they moved into Art Pottery full swing and by 1936 the company was renamed the Red Wing Potteries, Incorporated. This name remained with the company until they closed their doors in 1967. Eventually stoneware was phased out all but completely and dinnerware was added to the Art Pottery lines. Red Wing began their Art Pottery endeavour rather late compared to many other potteries, so their Art Pottery wares were always commercial artware items and lines. As you can see by this fabulous piece they did not hold back on creativity, color or form. This is an awsome amethyst colored glaze treatment on this vase and worthy of any "Fine Art Pottery Collection". I used the title I did for this vase because at the time it was made, Red Wing was still offically the Red Wing-Union Stoneware Company. Now in trying to describe this vase, if you are familiar with black amethyst glass then you know from a distance it looks black to the eye. If you take a piece of "Black Amethyst" glass and it is true "black" glass, when you look through it while holding it in front of a standard light bulb or the sun, it will show up as a very deep purple. This vase fits this description as close as it can for a piece of pottery. The only difference is that the glass is transparent and the pottery is not. When I first acquired this piece, I thought it was black glaze pottery, but upon close inspection I saw that it was not. I have never seen such a deep rich amethyst glaze before like the one on this piece of pottery. T is no doubt this vase is absolutely stunning and beautiful. I like to photograph my items outside as much as possible, I just seem to take better photos. On the day I photographed this vase it was partly cloudy and at times completely overcast for long periods before the sun would show again. Due to the brilliant reflection of this vase I took the majority of the photos while I had good daylight, but not direct sunlight. Then I waited for the sun to come back out and this is what you are seeing in the first 2 photos which also includes the gallery photo. This vase shines so brilliantly in direct sunlight, I wanted you to see this effect. You will notice in the rest of the photos the vase does look almost black, but you can see the details of the form better this way. The first 3 photos in the aray are all the same side and then I began turning the piece 1/4 turn at a time. I have 2 overhead photos and one was tak... 
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