1937 Glazed & Slip Decorated Greenish-Brown Colored Redware Bowl By Isaac Stahl
Description: A 1937 glazed and slip decorated redware deep bowl by Isaac Stahl. The bowl is dark greenish-brown in color and is decorated with short very faint yellow wavy slip lines throughout. The bowl has a flat round base with curved sides rising to shaped edge. The edge has a repeating raised pattern on the outside and an incised scalloped pattern on the inside. The top of the plate has some fine coggling. The edge of the round base is finely incised. The back of the plate is not glazed but is burnished as is the case with most Stahl pottery items. The base is signed and dated by the artist. The plate which is dated 1937 is in good condition with dark coloring inside at the edge of the center suggesting pooling or buddling of the glaze which is original to the making. The bowl also has several nicks to the edge including 4 small chips measuring 1/4" each and at least one additional small chip. There is also defects to the edge, which are glazed over and are original to the making. There is extensive crazing to the glaze throughout the bowl but no observable loss of the glaze. Be that as it may. this is a nice and rather interesting piece of Stahl pottery worthy of a spot in your collection. Please carefully review the photos presented as they are part and parcel of our description.
Date: The piece is dated February 2, 1937.
Origin: Bally, Pa, in Berks County Pennsylvania.
Size: Measures ~8" in diameter on top, ~4 1//2" in diameter at the base, and is ~2" high. The piece weighs a little over one pound and 3 ounces.
Maker: Isaac S. Stahl.
Marks: Marked "Made By I. S. Stahl; Bally, Pa, Feb 2" in a circle on the base and the year "1937" in the center of the base. See last photo for details.
Condition: The plate is in good condition with no cracks, breaks, hairlines or repairs. The wavey lines yellow slip decoration is rather faint and difficult to visualize. The bowl displays dark coloring inside at the edge of the center suggesting pooling or buddling of the glaze which is original to the making. The bowl also has several nicks to the edge including 4 small chips measuring 1/4" each and at least one additional small chip. There is also defects to the edge, which are glazed over and are original to the making. There is extensive crazing to the glaze throughout the bowl but no observable loss of the glaze. Finally, the piece has a few of the usual defects you would expect to see in a primitive piece of pottery such as pops, slubs, uneven spots and bumps here and there. This is a nice piece of Southeastern Pennsylvania Redware pottery worthy of a spot in your collection. Because of the issues discussed above we are selling this piece AS IS at a fraction of its true value. Please see photos for additional condition information.
