1951 Stahl Glazed Redware Vase Flared Mouth Scalloped Base & Stamped Flowers
Description: A beautiful and rather unusual glazed redware vase with bulbous body and flared mouth. The vase has a flat base, which extends beyond the body of the piece. The base has four cut outs giving is a scalloped shape, which is rather unusual. The sides of the vase are curved and rise to a shoulder having 3 incised lines. The shoulder supports a long neck ending in a wide outwards flared mouth. The piece is glazed inside and out but not on the bottom. The jar has a coloring typical of the Stahl Pottery. It is greenish brown with brown splotches of varying size throughout. The exterior wall has stamped flowers of two different designs. They are alternating on two different levels. Such a design is also very unusual for the Stahl pottery. The piece is glazed inside and out but not on the bottom, which shows typical coloring of unglazed redware. The bottom is marked Stahl pottery and dated by the potter. The piece is all original and is in very good condition. It has no breaks, no chips, and no repairs. The piece has general crazing to the glaze, which is difficult to see because of the color, but is there. It also has 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. These issues are minor and this piece has very few of them. Be that as it may, this is just a great looking piece made in the Stahl Pottery in Powder Valley Pennsylvania. Please carefully review the photos presented as they are part and parcel of our description.
Date: May 15, 1951.
Origin: Powder Valley, Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Size: The pot is ~2 3/4" in diameter at the base, ~3 7/8" in diameter at the top, and is ~5 1/4" high. The piece weighs about 15 ounces. Maker: Uncertain, but most likely Thomas Stahl.
Marks: Marked "The/Weather/ Clear ???/By Stahl/5/15/51" incised on the bottom of the base (see photos for further details).
Distinguishing Characteristics - Most Interesting About The Piece: This is a very nice piece that is unusual as far as the base form is concerned and in its decoration with impressed flowers. It is in excellent condition after being around for over 73 years made by in one of the best and most famous pottery concerns in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Very well done and would display very well in your collection of Pennsylvania redware.
Condition: This is a very nice piece that is unusual as far as the form of the base is concerned and in its decoration with impressed flowers on its exterior. The Vase is in excellent condition with no cracks, hairlines, breaks, repairs, or chips. 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. This piece has very few of such issues and generally minor in appearance. A very nice and rather rare piece is such good condition worthy of a spot in your collection. Please see photos for additional condition information.
