Question:

I love the color Orange and this quickly caught my eye at a Garage Sale yesterday. Talked the guy down to $10 for it. Not interested in selling but he said it was Red Wing so I wanted to see if you can confirm. If so, I would like to know more about it also. It has the 565 on the bottom.

Thanks!

Answer:

The photo shows an orange coffer server from the “Plain” pattern and is part of the Red Wing’s large Gypsy Trail line.  The 565 coffee server was one of the items available when Gypsy Trail was introduced June 1935 and was still in production when the line was discontinued in the mid 1940s.  Orange is probably the most common color for the 565 coffee server but they can be found in at least a dozen different colors.  Other potteries made similar coffee servers but only Red Wing servers were marked 565 on the bottom.  Value for an orange 565 server in excellent condition is around $25.

Larry