• Stoneware/Redware
Lot 3

STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA POLYCHROME-DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE CUSPIDOR / SPITTOON

Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA POLYCHROME-DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE CUSPIDOR / SPITTOON, lead-, copper-, and manganese-glazed over a slip wash, low form with rounded shoulder, cut-out ovoid-form drain hole, and pronounced squared foot. Attributed to the pottery of Jacob Eberly (1830-1908) and Daniel Letcher Eberly (1859-1919), Strasburg, VA. 1886-1903. 3" HOA, 6 7/8" DOA.
Literature: Parallels Comstock - The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, p. 285, fig. 5.230.

Condition

Excellent, mostly undamaged condition, except having a minute chip to drain hole mouth and some minor scattered glaze flakes.

Collection of the late Al and Billy Steidel, Alexandria, VA.