RARE VIRGINIA POTTERY CO. OR ROCKINGHAM POTTERY CO., HARRISONBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA MOLDED TEAPOT, lead- and Rockingham-glazed earthenware, embossed "REBECCA AT THE WELL" below the image, original cover, foot with three elliptical cuts to rim. Together with three Rockingham-glazed sherds recovered at the pottery site. Four pieces total. 1890-1892. 6" HOA.
Published: Hunter (ed.) - Ceramics in America 2018, p. 152, fig. 12, "'Unless Delayed by Unforeseen Circumstances': A Tale of a Shenandoah Valley Industrial Pottery" by Scott Hamilton Suter.
Literature: For a detailed history of these companies see Hunter (ed.) - Ceramics in America 2018, p. 142-169, "'Unless Delayed by Unforeseen Circumstances': A Tale of a Shenandoah Valley Industrial Pottery" by Scott Hamilton Suter.
Catalogue Note: The Virginia/Rockingham Co. Pottery Company (aka the Sherratt Pottery, the Harrisonburg Pottery), began manufacturing ceramics in the city of Harrisonburg in late 1890. Founded by W.W. Sherratt of Trenton, New Jersey, the state-of-the-art business proved successful in the area, doubling in size by 1892. The pottery manufactured "white granite" ware, Rockingham ware, and yellowwares in a variety of forms including spittoons (cuspidors), nappies (plates), jugs, and teapots. 

Undamaged, except for a flake to underside of cover rim.