1950 Redware Lead Glazed Brown Colored Deep Plate or Bowl By Russell Stahl Powder Valley Pennsylvania
DDescription: A nice brown lead glazed mixed with iron redware deep plate or bowl with banded rim by Russell R. Stahl. The plate has a flat round base with rising slightly rounded sides ending in a banded rim with coggled underside. The exterior of the bowl has incised wavy ring in the middle. The piece has a plain edge and is textured on the inside. The inside of the piece is glazed, while the exterior is unglazed but is burnished and smoothed. The bottom is also unglazed and is marked and dated by Russell R. Stahl. The piece has a beautiful mottled brown coloring on the inside with a lightly textured surface. The piece has general crazing to the glaze. A nice 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: 1950.
Origin: Powder Valley, Southeastern Pennsylvania
Size: The bowl is ~7 3/4" in diameter on top, ~4 1/4" in diameter at the base, and is ~2 1/8" high. The piece weighs over 1 pound and 7 ounces.
Maker: Russell R. Stahl. Marks: Marked "By/RR Stahl/1950" in incised lettering in three lines on the bottom of the plate. See photos for additional details.
Distinguishing Characteristics - Most Interesting About The Piece: This is a very nice piece in form and color that is in very good condition after being around for over 70 years made by one of the best and most famous potters from Southeastern Pennsylvania. Very well done and would display very well in your collection of Pennsylvania redware.
Condition: The bowl is in very good condition with no cracks, hairlines, breaks, chips, or repairs. The piece is all original with general crazing to the glaze and some of the usual manufacturing defects you would expect in a primitive piece of redware of this vintage such as pops, slubs, areas where the glaze did not fully flow, and unglazed spots. The piece has a few small spots where the color is lost near the rim. These are very difficult to see and we believe they are an artifact of the making and as such are original to the making (1st photo at about 2:30 o'clock at the rim). Be that as it may, the piece very nice and rather beautiful. It is worthy of a spot in your collection. Please see photos for additional condition information.
