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hosman321

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Two Pottery Bowls
« on: January 08, 2012, 10:28:11 am »
Hi everyone! I hope everyone had very happy holidays. :)
My birthday is this month and my mom bought be quite a few gifts at the antique store yesterday. Two of the items were these two bowls...among many other bowls. One is a spongeware bowl. I have been doing some reading about spongeware but I'm still not sure how to date this one. I can't find anything about Heers either. The only marking is a "7" on the bottom. I'm thinking maybe 1890-1900? ???
It's in really rough shape with cracks and chips. But it's my very first piece of spongeware and ya'll know how I like the "well loved" stuff. ;)

The other (green) bowl I'm thinkin' might be teens or 20s? I have no idea. The markings on the bottom are "430" and either a  "C" or a "G." It also has cracks and chips.

I would love to know when these were made. Thanks everyone!
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mart

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Re: Two Pottery Bowls
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2012, 11:16:57 am »
Tell me all the mark says !!  Can`t read all of it !!
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Rauville

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Re: Two Pottery Bowls
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2012, 11:26:00 am »
The spongeware bowl is by Red Wing Stoneware from Red Wing, MN. The bowls came in differant sizes from 4" diameter to 11".

http://oldstoneware.com/red-wing-stoneware-history/
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hosman321

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Re: Two Pottery Bowls
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2012, 10:10:32 am »
I thought it could be red wing but I didn't know how to tell, thank you! Now I can start really going through all the sites to try to date it. :)
Mart, the markings on the green bowl were hard to photograph but I will try again today!
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Re: Two Pottery Bowls
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2012, 12:09:15 pm »
Most of those advertising spongeware bowls will date back to the 1920's -30's.

Try contacting http://www.history.nd.gov/ for help on finding a timeline for that particular merchant.
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hosman321

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Re: Two Pottery Bowls
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2012, 01:31:07 pm »
Thank you so much for the link Rauville! I will contact them today. :)
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