Lot of 4 Vintage STANGL Golden Harvest 6" Dessert Plates USA 1940-50s

Description

Lot of 4 Vintage STANGL Golden Harvest 6" Dessert Plates USA 1940-50s
Beautifully hand-carved and hand-painted Stangl dinner plates measure 6" wide x 5/8" tall.
Hallmark, maker's, firing, and "second" marks on bottoms
.
4 plates weigh 2 pounds unpacked.
Beautiful and useful.  Nice find for the collector!
About Stangl Pottery:
Stangl Pottery's history was begun by Samuel Hill in 1814 in Flemington, New Jersey, and known as Hill Pottery. Hill was a utilitarian potter producing drain pipes, storage crocks, and jars from Flemington's red earthenware clay. By the 1860s, the company was acquired by Abram Fulper, who continued in the utilitarian pottery business, but produced primarily stoneware rather than earthenware. By 1900, the company, now Fulper Pottery Company, was under the direction of William H. Fulper II, grandson of Abram Fulper. William H. Fulper II developed and introduced Fulper Pottery's now renowned Vasekraft art pottery in 1909.  In 1910, he hired ceramic engineer Martin Stangl to develop new Fulper Pottery shapes and glazes.
By 1924, Martin Stangl, Vice President, introduced America's first open stock solid-color dinnerware. Production continued in the original Flemington factory until the 1920s, when another small factory was built in Flemington, and a large existing pottery facility in Trenton was acquired by the company. In 1929, the original factory in Flemington burned, so all production was absorbed by the other two facilities. In 1935, production ceased at the small remaining Flemington location, and that building was utilized solely as a retail showroom for the company's ceramic products becoming one of the nation's first "Factory Outlets". By the 1940s, hand-painted dinnerware became popular, and it was augmented in 1942 with the introduction of Stangl's best-known product, hand-carved, hand-painted dinnerware. Stangl's dinnerware and artware was sold by over 3,000 department, gift, and jewelry stores across America.
From the 1930s through 1978, Stangl's Flemington Outlet showroom was a keenly popular tourist destination. Folks traveled from far and wide to partake of the bargains in high-quality pottery offered there. During busy weekends, as many as 1,000 patrons visited Stangl's Flemington showrooms.  Auto clubs and tour bus lines often included the Stangl Outlet as an integral part of their road trips. Shopping at Stangl seems always to be remembered as delightful experience. Whether twenty, forty, or even fifty years later, visitors recall with pleasure the original Kiln display or searching through endless stacks of dinnerware for wonderful Stangl bargains. By November 1978, Stangl Pottery ceased manufacturing and closed forever signaling the end of a truly unique American folk-art product.
https://stanglpottery.org
Click here to visit us also at SunRiver Traders to see more wonderful buys!
Please see picture(s).
Thank you for viewing our listing.