STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA POLYCHROME-DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE PITCHER, lead-, light copper-, and manganese-glazed over a slip wash, slight ovoid form with flared rim, beaded neck, double incised shoulder ring, applied rounded strap handle, and pronounced collared foot. Probably Jacob Eberly (1830-1908) and Daniel Letcher Eberly (1859-1919), Strasburg, VA. 1886-1903. 6 5/8" H, 3 5/8" D rim.
Literature: Parallels Comstock -
Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, p. 278, fig. 5.215, back row; Manger -
Pottery From the Shenandoah, p. 99, right.
Provenance: From an important Washington, DC private collection.
Condition
Having rim chip, two rim hairlines, one approximately 2 1/2" L, and some scattered glaze wear/loss to rim and handle.