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Vintage Green Grape & Vine Console Bowl — 13″ Oval Relief-Molded Centerpiece with Fine Crackle Glaze

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Late 20th Century Porcelain / Ceramic Very Good
HDRP-VR-0027
There's a reason the grape-and-vine motif has stayed on European tables for generations — it just belongs on something meant to hold the middle of a room. This oval console bowl carries it beautifully: clusters, leaves, and curling tendrils molded in relief right into the deep sage-green glaze, with a darker pewter-charcoal wash rubbed into the recesses to make every leaf and grape stand out. The interior glows a lighter glossy sage, streaked and tonal, with a soft ring at the center. An old-world look, boat-shaped and low, made to be looked at from every side. Details
  • Elongated oval, boat-shaped console / centerpiece bowl
  • Relief-molded grape clusters, leaves, and vine tendrils around the exterior
  • Deep sage-green glaze with pewter-charcoal antiquing in the recesses; glossy sage interior
  • Fine allover crackle in the glaze — part of the surface, not a flaw
  • Cream clay body shows at the unglazed, recessed foot rim
  • Unmarked · Late 20th Century · a centerpiece and display piece
Condition: Very Good. Intact and sound, with no chips or cracks at the rim, body, or foot. The fine crackle is inherent to the glaze and the dark mottling on the grapes is intentional antiquing — both part of what gives this piece its old-world character.
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Vintage Green Grape & Vine Console Bowl — 13" Oval Relief-Molded Centerpiece with Fine Crackle Glaze

Late 20th Century

Old-World Grape & Vine Console Bowl

This bowl comes from a curated estate in Hobbsville, North Carolina — the home of a collector who knew pottery. Not a hoarder of it, a student of it. Among the vases, curios, figurines, and glassware there was a clear thread: an eye for form and glaze, for the pieces that carry real character rather than just fill a shelf. This console bowl was one of those. You can imagine it chosen deliberately — for the sweep of its oval, the way the grapes and vines wrap the outside in relief, the deep sage green that goes nearly forest-dark in low light.

It wears its age honestly. A fine crackle runs across the glaze, and a darker antiquing wash sits down in the recesses of the fruit, giving the whole thing that old-world depth the grape-and-vine motif has always invited. It's unsigned, which is fine by us — it belongs to a long tradition of European-style tableware rather than to any single maker, and it's all the more approachable for it. What it asks now is simply a place to sit and be looked at: the center of a table, a sideboard, a wide windowsill. It spent years in the collection of someone who chose well. We think that's a fine thing to inherit.

Materials Glazed ceramic in deep green with a fine overall crackle; relief-molded grape clusters and vine leaves picked out in a dark antiquing wash; sage-glazed interior.
Care Dust with a soft, dry cloth or wipe gently with a barely damp one. Best enjoyed as a decorative centerpiece rather than for food service. Keep out of the dishwasher and microwave.
From the Research Archives
vintagerose.us Catalog No. HDRP-VR-0027 • July 2026

Specifications

Dimensions
17 × 13 × 8 in
Weight
5 lbs
SKU
HDRP-VR-0027
Some shapes are made for the middle of the table, and this is one of them. It's an elongated oval — boat-shaped, low and generous — the kind of console bowl that anchors a sideboard or a dining table without asking for much in return. The whole exterior is wrapped in relief-molded grape clusters, broad leaves, and curling vine tendrils, a motif that's been long loved on European tableware and still reads as old-world the moment you see it. The deep sage-green glaze pools rich and dark, and someone finished it with a pewter-charcoal antiquing wash rubbed down into the recesses, so every grape and every leaf lifts up out of the shadows. Turn to the inside and the mood softens — a lighter, glossy sage with tonal streaking and a gentle ring settled at the center, the cream clay body showing plainly at the unglazed, recessed foot. Across all of it runs a fine allover crackle, the kind of delicate web that's woven right into the glaze itself. It's a surface characteristic, not a wound, and it's a good part of why the piece feels the age it wants to feel. Because it's glazed for looks and carries no maker's mark, we'd keep it as a centerpiece and a display piece — a bowl of pears or ornaments, a spot for gathered greenery — rather than something you'd set food directly into. That's simply how to enjoy it best. This one came to us from an estate in Hobbsville, North Carolina, from a collector with a real eye for pottery — someone who chose pieces for their form and their glaze, for how a shape sits and how a surface catches the light. You can understand the instinct here. It's unmarked, and the honest answer on its age is that it could span anywhere from the later part of the last century to more recent years, so we'll simply call it Late 20th Century and let the piece speak for itself. It does that well.
  • Form: Elongated oval, boat-shaped console / centerpiece bowl
  • Dimensions: 13 x 9 x 4 inches
  • Decoration: Relief-molded grape clusters, leaves, and vine tendrils around the exterior
  • Glaze: Deep sage-green with a pewter-charcoal antiquing wash in the recesses; lighter glossy sage interior with tonal streaking and a center ring
  • Surface: Fine allover crackle inherent to the glaze
  • Body: Cream clay showing at the unglazed, recessed foot rim
  • Marks: Unmarked
  • Era: Late 20th Century
  • Best use: Centerpiece and display piece
Condition: Very Good. Intact and sound throughout, with no chips or cracks at the rim, body, or foot. The fine crackle is inherent to the glaze, and the dark mottling on the grapes is intentional antiquing — decorative characteristics, not damage. There's minor warm toning on the unglazed foot, just what you'd expect. A handsome, sound centerpiece with all of its old-world charm intact.

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