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

March 3, 2023: Winter Americana Day 2

Fri, Mar 3, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 1004

STAMPED "S. BELL & SON / STRASBURG", SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA STONEWARE JAR

Estimate: $80 - $120
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STAMPED "S. BELL & SON / STRASBURG", SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA STONEWARE JAR, salt-glazed, approximately one-gallon capacity, cylindrical form with squared rim and incised shoulder ring. Brushed manganese dropped feather repeated three times below collar. Together with an English covered sugar featuring a polychrome peafowl/parrot design with blue-sponged decoration. Two pieces total. Jar from the pottery of Samuel Leonard Bell (1811-1891) and/or his sons Richard Franklin, Turner Ashby, and Charles Forrest, Strasburg, VA. 19th century. 10 1/8" HOA, 6 1/2" D rim.
Literature: Stamp as Comstock - Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, p. 211, fig. 5.34.
Provenance: From a Northern Virginia estate.

Condition

Jar having a chip to interior rim; sugar cover with restoration.

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