Any help on this bowl, please?

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  1. R Spack

    R Spack New Member

    Any help on this bowl, please? Who made it ... when ... looks like salt glaze to me. 13" diameter by 3 1/4" tall. Thanks IMG_7939.JPG IMG_7945 copy.jpg IMG_7948.JPG
     
    R Spack, Mar 19, 2021
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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    How would you describe that thing center bottom? A maple leaf? with something in the center? A letter or just a shape?

    Japanese tableware sometimes had something like that that held the center in shape - not slumping in the kiln. The ones I have seen most are a star shape.
     
    Bakersgma, Mar 19, 2021
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  3. R Spack

    R Spack New Member

    It does look like a maple leaf with a W in the center, it rises about 1/8" up off the surface. I also can see what looks like coarse salt under the glaze, inside bowl. The spot that looks like a chip (last picture) is glazed over, so I think maybe a flaw in the process; shows the color of the clay though.
     
    R Spack, Mar 22, 2021
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  4. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    It might be a Western Stoneware Co mark. This is from Lehner's book of marks.

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    say_it_slowly, Mar 22, 2021
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  5. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I do believe I like that idea, SiS!
     
    Bakersgma, Mar 22, 2021
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  6. janetpjohn

    janetpjohn Well-Known Member

    Western Stoneware has a web site, but I don't know if they're responsive.
     
    janetpjohn, Mar 23, 2021
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  7. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    BTW, R Spack, there is no way this bowl is salt glaze. I'm confused as to why you would say it is.
     
    Bakersgma, Mar 23, 2021
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  8. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    One of the comments in Lehner's about that mark is that it was found "on a recent bowl." So 80s?
     
    Bakersgma, Mar 23, 2021
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