This Heritage Blue Stripe wash basin is the dual-purpose stoneware piece — beautiful enough to live on display as American farmhouse decor, functional enough to actually use as a wash basin, large salad bowl, mixing bowl, or fruit display. The natural stoneware body finished with the classic double blue stripes that defined American kitchen pottery for over a century.
The 4-1/2 quart (144 fl oz) capacity is the large-bowl size — enough for full salad service for 8-10 people, bread dough mixing for multiple loaves, or actual wash-basin use for clothes-rinsing or face-washing in off-grid settings. Hand-turned construction means each piece has slight variations in stripe placement, glaze pooling, and wall thickness — the visual evidence of real craftsmanship rather than slip-cast mass production.
Oven, microwave, and dishwasher safe. For households building a Heritage Blue Stripe stoneware collection (alongside the ramekins, mixing bowls, and other pieces in Lehman’s catalog), the wash basin is the centerpiece-scale piece that anchors the collection visually. Beautiful on a kitchen island, sideboard, or open pantry shelf. Lehman’s catalog selection.
