Vintage Red Wing Pottery Small Green Duck Shaped Planter 4 1/2" #972 Hairlines

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Seller: bird-of-paradise ✉️ (538) 100%, Location: Berwyn, Pennsylvania, US, Ships to: US, Item: 173406348456 Vintage Red Wing Pottery Small Green Duck Shaped Planter 4 1/2" #972 Hairlines. Neat vintage Red Wing Pottery small planter in the shape of a sitting or swimming duck.  Measures about 4 1/2 inches greatest length (tip of bill to tip of tail), about 3 inches greatest width, and sits about 3 3/8 inches tall.  There is a curved suggestion of a wing molded into the pottery on each side, with a ridge in the upward curved tail.  The planter opening on the topside of the duck's back is somewhat oval in shape, measuring about 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches. On the underside base is impressed, "972 RED WING".  This is not deeply impressed and is hard to read (and even harder to photograph), but you can faintly see this in person when held at an angle in bright light and we guarantee this is there (we've included 2 images to try and show the mark as best we could).  We do not know when this piece was made, but it is not new.  The pottery company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, and started using the Red Wing Pottery name in 1936 (the company began in 1861 initially selling under other names, according to some internet research). This duck is in a lovely light green color.  The color is richer in person than we were able to photograph, and sometimes in the images it looks more turquoise, but it is not a blue or turquoise color....definitely a green.  The vintage planter weighs almost 5 ounces unpacked. Key here is condition.  There are hairline cracks.  We see 4 hairlines which vary in length, basically two on each side of the duck, with the longest one curving to the front of the duck, downwards towards the base (these hairlines can be seen both on the outside and inside of the duck).  On one side are two shorter curved hairlines at about 1/2 and 5/8 inches, with this side also having a tiny, low, flat flake or chip in the pottery slightly below the upper edge measuring about 1/16 inch wide (this shows as a white dot among the green pottery glazing).  On the opposite side of the duck there is a hairline that is largely vertical measuring almost 1 inch, and the longest curved hairline that is about 2 1/4 inches in length (as best we can measure, we've shown this from the inside of the duck in 2 images).  While each hairline can be felt with a fingernail to some extent, the longest one can be felt a bit more.  None of this looks like the duck is in danger of cracking apart, but you need to know these are here and can be seen (you might not see them on display from a distance).  Separately, there is a black dot and a raised dot of extra pottery both made in manufacture that you can see on the head on one side, many random tiny/small light surface scratches (these do not jump out at you, you need to go looking at an angle in bright light to see), other pin/pit/dark type dots, and perhaps other light age wear.  There is expected darkening on the underside base from age sitting. Please review the 12 images using the zoom feature to examine closely.  We did the best we could to try and show the hairlines.  The camera lighting causes white "hot spot" reflections on the high gloss surface (to try and show the longest hairline, we also included an image shot without the camera light).  This is being sold as is/as found. Usually we see high prices on eBay for these less often seen vintage Red Wing Pottery ducks.  Our low starting price is meant to reflect the condition issues.  While this duck is not perfect, it still can display well and could be a nice addition to your Red Wing collection.
  • Condition: This piece has hairline cracks. Please see the item description for full details.
  • Design or Shape: Small Duck
  • Model: 972
  • Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
  • Object Type: Small Planter
  • Color: Green
  • Brand: Red Wing Pottery

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