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Your Price: $ 22.50
Item Number: 2119
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Manufacturer: Stangl Pottery
Lovely large piece of vintage Stangl Pottery which came out of a home. This is the larger size of their Cornucopia or Horn of Plenty, measuring about 10 inches in length x about 7 inches in height with a diameter across the largest part of the opening of about 7.5 inches. As this is made from pottery or ceramic and given the size, this piece weighs about 35 ounces or 2.2 pounds unpacked.
Marked on underside base with the expected Stangl manufacturer marking. While the gold stamping here is blurry and thick, making this hard to read, it states "Hand Painted" above the oval, "Stangl, Trenton, NJ" within the oval, then beneath the oval "Since 1805 (we believe this is the date), Antique Gold" and then the item number "5066" (this number is particularly blurry but from some research we believe that is the number meant here). From some internet research, the company name was changed to Stangl Pottery in 1955 (pieces had previously been made under Fulper Pottery) and it ceased operations in 1978, so this piece was made during that period and is a mid-century modern piece.
Formed with curved lines or ridges throughout, having a curled up end or tail and a wide open mouth area, so that this could be displayed with real or decorative fruit, vegetables or flowers within the piece as part of an eye-catching table or display setting. The piece has an all-over light turquoise blue coloring onto which is applied the rich gold coloring in a mottled fashion. Deep in the interior of the cornucopia opening the pottery has a white or ivory color, but one only sees the gold & turquoise on display. We have read that these pieces were painted with 22K gold but that is not stamped on the pottery so we don't know for certain what gold paint was used here.
We've provided 8 images to show from varied angles including the manufacturer marking. Please note that the camera lighting causes white and highlighted spots on the smooth surfaces. Please use the zoom feature to examine closely.
Wonderful condition overall, with some expected evidence of age when examined closely, but nothing bad (no chips, cracks or major flaws). As made, there are pin and pit dots in the pottery and two spots of extra pottery where the opening of the horn sits on the table. These are not coated in the gold that is elsewhere along the rim and can be felt to be rough spots rather than smooth, either made this way to keep the piece from sliding on a table or perhaps the gold that may have once covered these was worn here over time, we don't know, but these are not seen when the piece rests on a table. Minor evidence of wear/age/cleaning wear can be seen via a line scratch at a slant across the gold rim in one spot, other gold wear on the opening rim (but we would guess 85-90%+ of the gold is still covering this rim opening), gold line/rubbed wear to the curved tail or tip area (but no chips), other minor wear on the body, etc. Nothing unexpected for an older piece or would be seen on display.
Terrific center piece for celebrating gathering around tables together with our families and friends. |
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