Stangl Magnolia Set 3 Dinner Plates 1953-1955 Maroon Green White Yellow Engobe

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Stangl Magnolia Set 3 Dinner Plates 1953-1955 Maroon Green White Yellow Engobe
Stangl Magnolia Set 3 Dinner Plates 1953-1955 Maroon Green White Yellow Engobe
Stangl Star Flower 11.25" Relish Dish 1952 White Yellow Hellebore Green Engobe
Exquisite Decorative STANGL POTTERY Set of 3 ROUND 10" Dinner PLATES, MAGNOLIA Light Green Engobe w/Leaves Dark Green, White & Maroon Magnolia Flowers
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from Trenton, New Jersey, USA
DESCRIPTION:
This is a beautiful set of 3 dinner plates decorated (hand painted) in the Magnolia pattern which was produced from 1952-1978.  As is true with all hand painted items, they each display unique variations.  Stangl's expertise was with engobes (white) and sgraffito (hand carving & hand painting).
CONDITION:
The condition of this Stangl set of 3 dinner plates is very good, even though it is classified as used.  This set would make a great display piece or a functional plates to use everyday.  Two plates have very minor rim nicks in the glaze on the back and one of these has a minor scratch on the magnolia bloom.  The 3rd plate has variation in the color of the lighter green background engobe which is under the clear glaze.  This happened in the manufacturing.  We can find no other damage or manufacturing defects.  There are no chips, other nicks, cracks, other scratches, rubbings or  hairlines.  Minor and common variations are evident in all hand painted items as is evidenced here.  Plates #1 have second marks which indicates they were sold through the outlet in Flemington, New Jersey.  Please refer to the photos to see how classically beautiful this set is.
DIMENSIONS:  The
plates have a height of 7/8" and a diameter of 10".
HISTORY/MARKS:
The Hill Pottery Company was founded by Samuel Hill in 1814, in Flemington, New Jersey. Hill Pottery produced utilitarian items.  When Samuel Hill, died the company was purchased in 1858 by Abram Fulper, a former employee.  He renamed the company The Fulper Pottery Company. Under Fulper's guidance, the company extended their line to include stoneware articles and tile.  By the early 1900’s Fulper Pottery, run by William Hill Fulper II, began experimentation with art pottery.  In 1910 Fulper Pottery hired Johan Martin Stangl as a ceramic chemist and technical assistant even though he was only 22 at the time.  Martin Stangl was soon promoted to superintendent with total control of the plant employees including the foremen.  Stangl left Fulper in 1914 and began working for Haeger Brick and Tile Company, but in 1918 he returned to Fulper and became Vice President.  In 1926 Stangl was promoted to President.  As president Stangl created the Fulper/Stangl logo.  Upon William Fulper's death in 1928, Martin Stangl bought William Fulper's share of the Fulper Pottery Company and changed the Fulper/Stangl brand names and logos to the Stangl trademark.  A major fire in 1929 destroyed plant #1 prompting the movement of the Stangl dinnerware production to the previously acquired Anchor Pottery plant in Trenton, NJ which is 23 miles south of Flemington.  In October 1941, Kay Hackett was hired as a dinnerware designer.  Her expertise was with engobes (white) and sgraffito (hand carving & hand painting).  Prior to 1952, white engobe was hand applied.  By 1950, a process to spray the engobe was developed to reduce labor costs.  In 1952, a green engobe spray was introduced & used on the Star Flower and Magnolia patterns, both of which became extremely popular.  After Martin Stangl’s death in February 1972, Stangl Pottery was bought by Frank Wheaton and declined until its close in November 1978.  Source for this is Robert C. Runge, Jr.’s Collector’s Encyclopedia of Stangl Dinnerware.  According to Robert C. Runge, Jr.'s Collector's Encyclopedia of Stangl Artware, Lamps, and Birds, 2nd edition, (page 468) 3 slashes means the plate was produced in 1953, 4 slashes means 1954 and 5 slashes on the backstamp means this plate was produced in the 1st half 1955. This set has one of each.  Magnolia was produced 1952-1978.
Please view all pictures carefully as they are part of the description. The stand was used as a photo prop and is not part of this listing.
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This is ready to use or display with pride in your home.
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