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Here is a salt glaze stoneware pottery
bank made by Rowe Pottery Works in 1990. |
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The design goes around the bank and
shows a boy with a stick who is rolling a hoop; his dog
is running ahead through trees and the countryside. |
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called sgrafitto, a term used to describe a decorative design that is
scratched into the top layer of unfired pottery and then accented with
paint. The traditional gray color of the stoneware is accented
with cobalt blue painting. |
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| Even though the bank has a slot to put money, I would
not suggest that you actually use it as a bank. There is no
opening to retrieve the money! The bank makes an outstanding
display item with other stoneware pieces or with a collection of banks. |
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| The potter's mark is "KZ", and that is Craig Kitzman,
an experienced potter who was at Rowe for many years. |
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The Rowe logo stamp seemed to have
shifted when being applied, and the date is a bit
difficult to read. |
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The bank is first pictured in
the 1991 catalog; it was also pictured in the 1994 and
1995 catalogs, and was then retired. |
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