# Vintage Watt Pottery "Apple" Hand-Painted Mixing Bowl

## Rare Advertising Piece: Dallas Teich Livestock Dealer — Pine City, Minnesota

Up for auction/sale is a highly collectible piece of mid-century Americana and rural Minnesota history. This authentic **Watt Pottery mixing/utility bowl** features the iconic, hand-painted single "Apple" pattern with rich green leaves on a classic yellow ware clay base. 

What makes this particular piece incredibly special is the crisp, dark blue advertising stamp fired right into the interior bottom: 

**"DALLAS TEICH / LIVESTOCK DEALER / PHONE OFFICE-74 / HOUSE-64 / PINE CITY, MINN."**

During the 1940s and 1950s, local agricultural merchants commissioned these functional kitchen bowls as high-quality promotional giveaways for farming families. It is a wonderful crossover piece for collectors of vintage Ohio art pottery, kitchenware, and small-town Midwest advertising memorabilia.

### Item Features & Details:

* **Brand:** Watt Pottery (USA)

* **Pattern:** Single Apple (Hand-Painted)

* **Merchant / Stamp:** Dallas Teich, Livestock Dealer (Pine City, MN)

* **Era:** Circa 1940s – 1950s

* **Dimensions:** Measures approximately 6 inches in diameter across the rim and stands 4 inches tall (Classic Watt #6 size).

* **Base:** Unmarked/unsigned on the bottom with classic unglazed concentric rings, exactly as manufactured by Watt.

### Condition Report (Please Read & View Photos Carefully):

This bowl has been lovingly kept but shows signs of its great age and utilitarian history:

* **Glaze:** Features beautiful, honest all-over crazing consistent with mid-century yellow ware. The hand-painted colors remain bright and vibrant.

* **Flaws:** There is a notable vertical hairline crack running down from the top rim into the side wall (clearly documented in the close-up listing photos). It does not completely split the piece apart, but it makes this bowl best suited for decorative farmhouse display rather than daily mixing use.

* **General Wear:** Minor shelf wear on the bottom unglazed rim and typical factory manufacturing imperfections (glaze pops/skips) common to utility pottery of this era. 

### Shipping & Handling:

As an experienced seller of fragile items, I understand how precious vintage pottery is. This piece will be packed with professional-grade care. It will be thoroughly encased in thick bubble wrap and surrounded by structural padding inside a sturdy box to guarantee it arrives safely at your doorstep exactly as pictured.

*Please review all high-resolution photos for a precise visual look at the condition. Feel free to message me with any questions before bidding or purchasing!*