Bowls - Classic - Straight Sided - Post 86 Reference Guide

Bowls - Classic Rim - Straight Side

Bowl – Small (Straight Side)

Holds 14-1/4 oz. – Measures 5-5/8″ diameter x 1-7/8″ height.
Item Number: 0460
Backstamp Style: Incised
Introduced 1986
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Produced in the following colors – White, Black, Rose, Apricot, Cobalt Blue, Yellow, Turquoise, Periwinkle Blue, Sea Mist Green, Lilac, Persimmon, Chartreuse, Pearl Gray, Juniper, Cinnabar, Sunflower, Plum, Shamrock, Tangerine, Scarlet, Peacock, Heather, Evergreen, Ivory, Chocolate, Lemongrass, Paprika, Marigold, Flamingo, Lapis, Poppy, Slate, Sage, Claret, Foundry, Daffodil, Mulberry, Meadow, Butterscotch, Twilight, Peony, Jade, Sky

It was NOT produced in – Sapphire

Other collectors/retailers have referenced this bowl as a small cereal bowl.

This is one of five of the straight sided bowls. I refer to this bowl as the number 1 of the 5 bowls. Number 1 is this bowl, number 2 the medium bowl, number 3 the companion bowl, number 4 the large bowl and number 5 the ex-large bowl.
The illustration to the left shows all five bowls starting with number 1 on the inside.
You will notice that bowl 3 is hard to see. The group illustration at the top of this page shows the bowls in the same order and you can see the companion bowl (#3) better.

The illustration to the right compares vintage fruit bowls (top two bowls) and a Post 86 small bowl.
Beginning in the early 1950’s, HLC started wiping the glaze from the foot of various bowls. This was done for time/labor savings, having changed from placing the ware on sagger pins to shelves through the kiln. As a result, you will find some Vintage fruit bowls with a dry foot (unglazed – top right) and some with a wet foot (glazed – top left). However, you will only find sagger pin marks, which can be found around the underside of the bowls rim, on the wet foot bowls.
Post 86 small bowls (front center) will have a dry foot.

The illustration to the left shows Vintage fruit bowls.
Vintage bowls (front) have a wider more prominent rim than the Post 86 bowl (back)

Vintage 4-3/4″ fruit bowl measures – 4-13/16″ diameter x 1-1/2 height (front left)
Vintage 5-1/2″ fruit bowl measures – 5-9/16″ diameter x 1-11/16″ height (front right)

Bowl – Medium or Soup / Cereal (Straight Side)

Holds 19 oz. – Measures 6-7/8″ diameter x 1-7/8″ height.
Item Number: 0461
Backstamp Style: Incised
Introduced 1986
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Produced in the following colors – White, Black, Rose, Apricot, Cobalt Blue, Yellow, Turquoise, Periwinkle Blue, Sea Mist Green, Lilac, Persimmon, Sapphire, Chartreuse, Pearl Gray, Juniper, Cinnabar, Sunflower, Plum, Shamrock, Tangerine, Scarlet, Peacock, Heather, Evergreen, Ivory, Chocolate, Lemongrass, Paprika, Marigold, Flamingo, Lapis, Poppy, Slate, Sage, Claret, Foundry, Daffodil, Mulberry, Meadow, Butterscotch, Twilight, Peony, Jade, Sky

This bowl is included in the following Place Settings: 3-piece Classic, 4-piece with a mug, 4-piece with java mug, and the 5-piece with cup and saucer.
This is one of five of the straight sided bowls. I refer to this bowl as the number 2 of the 5 bowls. Number 1 being the small bowl, number 2 this bowl, number 3 the companion bowl, number 4 the large bowl and number 5 the extra-large bowl. (See the small bowl information for an illustration of all five bowls.)
HLC referenced this bowl as a “Soup/Cereal Bowl” on their place setting boxes.
When HLC introduce Slate, they redesigned their place setting box and changed the name of the bowl to “Bowl 19 oz.”

The illustration to the left shows a comparison between the companion bowl (left), the medium bowl (center) and the small bowl (right).

Bowl – Companion (Straight Side) – No longer in production

Holds 30 oz. – Measures 7-1/4″ diameter x 2-1/2″ height.
Item Number: 0748
Backstamp Style: Incised
Introduced 2008
Discontinued 12/2015

Produced in the following colors – White, Cobalt Blue, Turquoise, Sunflower, Shamrock, Tangerine, Scarlet, Peacock, Evergreen, Ivory, Chocolate, Lemongrass, Paprika, Marigold, Flamingo, Lapis, Poppy, Slate, Sage.

It was NOT produced in the following colors – Black, Rose, Apricot, Yellow, Periwinkle Blue, Sea Mist Green, Lilac, Persimmon, Sapphire, Chartreuse, Pearl Gray, Juniper, Cinnabar, Plum, Heather, Foundry, Claret and all colors produced after Claret.

Heather companion bowls are known to exist.
This is one of five of the straight sided bowls. I refer to this bowl as the number 3 of the 5 bowls. Number 1 being the small bowl, number 2 the medium bowl, number 3 this bowl, number 4 the large bowl and number 5 the extra-large bowl. (See the small bowl information for an illustration of all five bowls.)

You could only purchase the companion bowl in a 2-piece set. The set consisted of the companion bowl and a medium oval platter (0863) as shown in the illustration to the right. (The medium oval platter is still in production.)
When this set was initially released in 2008, it was exclusively sold only by Macy’s.
It was later released to all general retailers in mid-2009.
Companion bowl seconds were sold at various HLC tent sales during their production run.

The illustration to the left shows the comparison between the large bowl (left) companion bowl (center) and medium bowl (right).

Bowl – Large – 1-Quart (Straight Side)

Holds 40 oz. – Measures 8-1/4″ diameter x 2-3/4″ height.
Item Number: 0471
Backstamp Style: Ink stamp – Early versions had incised (see illustration below)
Introduced 1986
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This is one of five of the straight sided bowls. I refer to this bowl as the number 4 of the 5 bowls. Number 1 being the small bowl, number 2 the medium bowl, number 3 the companion bowl, number 4 this bowl and number 5 the extra-large bowl. (See the small bowl information for an illustration of all five bowls.)
1998 and prior, HLC referenced this bowl as a “bowl vegetable large”. On the 1999 shape sheet, the name changed to “bowl large”.
A lot of collectors reference it as a veggie bowl.
In late 2023 FTC made some Foundry 1 quart bowls in error and sold them through their retail outlet store.
August 2024 FTC stopped producing this bowl in Sunflower, Poppy, Meadow and Twilight.

The illustration to the left shows two different backstamps for the 1 quart bowl. The early Post 86 bowls had an incised backstamp (left). At some point, HLC changed it to the ink stamp (right) as shown in this illustration.

The illustration to the right shows a comparison between the large bowl (center), the ex-large bowl (left) and a companion bowl (right).

Beginning in the early 1950’s, HLC started wiping the glaze from the foot of various bowls. This was done for time/labor savings, having changed from placing the ware on sagger pins to shelves through the kiln. As a result, you will find some Vintage nappie bowls with a dry foot (unglazed) (not shown) and some with a wet foot (glazed) as shown in the illustration to the left.

However, you will only find sagger pin marks, which can be found around the underside of the bowls rim as shown in the illustration to the right, on the wet foot bowls.

Vintage 8-1/2″ nappy measures 8-1/2″ diameter x 2-13/16″ height.

Bowl – Extra-Large – 2 Quart (Straight Side)

Holds 64 oz. – Measures 10-5/8″ diameter x 3″ height.
Item Number: 0455
Backstamp Style: Incised
Introduced 1999
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Produced in the following colors – White, Black, Rose, Cobalt Blue, Yellow, Turquoise, Periwinkle Blue, Sea Mist Green, Persimmon, Chartreuse, Pearl Gray, Juniper, Cinnabar, Sunflower, Plum, Shamrock, Tangerine, Scarlet, Peacock, Heather, Evergreen, Ivory, Chocolate, Lemongrass, Paprika, Marigold, Flamingo, Lapis, Poppy, Slate, Sage, Claret, Daffodil, Mulberry, Meadow, Butterscotch, Twilight, Peony, Jade, Sky

It was NOT produced in the following colors – Apricot, Lilac, Sapphire, Foundry

Chocolate 2 quarts were sold via HLC’s retail outlet stores only.
This is one of five of the straight sided bowls. I refer to this bowl as the number 5 of the 5 bowls. Number 1 being the small bowl, number 2 the medium bowl, number 3 the companion bowl, number 4 the large bowl and number 5 this bowl. (See the small bowl information for an illustration of all five bowls.)
On the 1998 shape sheet HLC referenced this bowl as a “bowl vegetable ex-large”.
On the 1999 shape sheet, the name changed to “bowl ex-large”.
With the introduction of Butterscotch in 2020, FTC stopped producing this bowl in Shamrock and Ivory.
With the introduction of Twilight in 2021, FTC stopped producing this bowl in Cobalt Blue and Slate.
On the Jade shape sheet (dated 12/2022), FTC shows that this bowl would only be produced in the following colors – White, Turquoise, Scarlet, Lapis, Daffodil, Peony and Jade. Sky was added in 2024.

The illustration to the right shows that the Post 86 2 quart bowl (left) has a dry foot (unglazed) and the Vintage 9-1/2” nappy bowl has a wet foot (glazed).

Vintage – 9-1/2″ nappy measures – 9-7/16″ diameter x 3-1/8″ height

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