Lot 1021

SAMUEL FRAYSER (D. 1842) ATTRIBUTED, HENRICO CO., VIRGINIA DECORATED PRESENTATION STONEWARE JAR

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SAMUEL FRAYSER (D. 1842) ATTRIBUTED, HENRICO CO., VIRGINIA DECORATED PRESENTATION STONEWARE JAR, salt-glazed, approximately one-gallon capacity, ovoid form with rounded rim and slightly elongated neck, beaded neck ring, single incised shoulder ring, and applied arched handles. Brushed cobalt horizontal flower with "Mary, H, Bishop." incised above and reverse with bloom and foliate design repeated twice, additional cobalt to handle terminals and highlighting name. Attributed to Samuel Frayser, Henrico County, VA. 1817-1842. 9 1/2" H, 6" D rim.
Published: Hunter (ed.) - Ceramics in America 2013, p. 225, fig. 33, "The Remarkable 19th-Century Stoneware of Virginia's Lower James River Valley" by Kurt C. Russ, Robert Hunter, Oliver Mueller-Heubach, and Marshall Goodman; "Stoneware of Eastern Virginia" by Robert Hunter, Kurt C. Russ, and Marshall Goodman, p. 133, pl. XX in The Magazine Antiques, April 2005.

Condition

Very good condition having two minor rim chips and some scattered fine hairlines that do not affect resonance.

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The important collection of H. Marshall Goodman Jr., Richmond, VA.
Tilman's Auctions, Macon, Powhatan Co., VA, 8/9/1997.
Exhibited: Kaolin to Claymount: Demystifying James River Stoneware, MESDA, Winston-Salem, NC, October 3, 2012 to April 30, 2013.
The Stoneware Pottery of Eastern Virginia, 1720-1865, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA, September 11, 2004 to March 1, 2005.