Vintage Blue Ridge Pottery Crab Apple Serving Bowl

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Offering in excellent condition a vintage Blue Ridge Southern Potteries round vegetable serving bowl featuring the iconic "Crab Apple" pattern.

… Read more Offering in excellent condition a vintage Blue Ridge Southern Potteries round vegetable serving bowl featuring the iconic "Crab Apple" pattern.

8.75” round x 2.75” deep
Cataloged as Pattern #4095 as noted by the hand-painted mark on the back. It features deep burgundy-red apples hanging from minimalist, freehand brown tree branches surrounded by vibrant green leaves.

This specific deep, rimless shape is known as a round vegetable bowl, measuring around 9 inches in diameter.

Because every stroke was applied freehand by decorators in Erwin, Tennessee before the final glaze firing, the precise spacing of the branches and sizing of the apples vary slightly on every single surviving piece.

This specific bowl was manufactured between 1945 and 1957, making it between 69 and 81 years old.

While the Southern Potteries company operated from the late 1916 until 1957, the design elements narrow down the production window.

The Pattern Release: The "Crab Apple" pattern (#4095) was introduced during the company's peak post-WWII production era in the late 1940s.

The Factory Closure: Production ceased completely when the Erwin, Tennessee plant shut down in 1957 due to the rising popularity of cheap imported dinnerware and plastic Melmac.

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