ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DECORATED
ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE DIMINUTIVE JAR, salt-glazed, approximately one-pint capacity, wide-mouth form with slightly rounded flat-top rim. Brushed cobalt upright feather decoration repeated three times. Probably Lindsey Morris (1817-1902), Lily site on Dry River (active circa 1872-1890); John D. Heatwole (1826-1907), Dry River Pottery (active circa 1850-1890); or Emanuel Suter (1833-1902), New Erection Pottery (1866-1890). Circa 1870. 4 5/8" H, 4" D rim.
Chip to base underside, otherwise undamaged.
Literature: For identical decoration see Evans/Suter - "'A Great Deal of Stone & Earthen Ware': The Rockingham County, Virginia School of Folk Pottery", p. 95, fig. 183.
Provenance: Property of a Shenandoah Valley private collector.
Condition Report: Chip to base underside, otherwise undamaged.
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ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE DIMINUTIVE JAR, salt-glazed, approximately one-pint capacity, wide-mouth form with slightly rounded flat-top rim. Brushed cobalt upright feather decoration repeated three times. Probably Lindsey Morris (1817-1902), Lily site on Dry River (active circa 1872-1890); John D. Heatwole (1826-1907), Dry River Pottery (active circa 1850-1890); or Emanuel Suter (1833-1902), New Erection Pottery (1866-1890). Circa 1870. 4 5/8" H, 4" D rim.
Chip to base underside, otherwise undamaged.
Literature: For identical decoration see Evans/Suter - "'A Great Deal of Stone & Earthen Ware': The Rockingham County, Virginia School of Folk Pottery", p. 95, fig. 183.
Provenance: Property of a Shenandoah Valley private collector.
Condition Report: Chip to base underside, otherwise undamaged.
