Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

March 3, 2023: Winter Americana Day 2

Fri, Mar 3, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 1006

NORTH CAROLINA / VIRGINIA EARTHENWARE / STONEWARE ARTICLES, LOT OF THREE

Estimate: $100 - $200
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NORTH CAROLINA / VIRGINIA EARTHENWARE / STONEWARE ARTICLES, LOT OF THREE, comprising two salt-glazed examples including a stamped "S. BELL & SONS / STRASBURG", approximately one-gallon capacity cylindrical-form jar having cobalt brushed dropped feather decoration repeated four times off collar, a Moore County, NC attributed conical-form cream riser with light cobalt brushed area below rim, and a single lead-glazed dirt dish. The pottery of Samuel Leonard Bell (1811-1891) and/or his sons Richard Franklin, Turner Ashby, and Charles Forrest Bell, Strasburg, VA; and others. Circa 1875. 10 1/4" HOA.
Literature: Bell stamp as Comstock - Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, p. 211, fig. 5.34.
Provenance: From the Ann and Clay Ring family collection, Winston-Salem, NC.

Condition

Cream riser having scattered flakes to rim edge; Bell jar having a base hairline, and a chip to rim and foot; dirt dish broken in half and glued with additional glued rim chip.

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