STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA POLYCHROME-DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE MUG
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Description
STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA POLYCHROME-DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE MUG, lead-, copper-, and manganese-glazed over a slip wash, cylindrical form with slightly tapering middle, slight protruding foot, and applied rounded handle. Probably Jacob Eberly (1830-1908) and Daniel Letcher Eberly (1859-1919), or Samuel Leonard Bell (1811-1891) and/or his sons Richard Franklin, Turner Ashby, and Charles Forrest Bell, Strasburg, VA. Fourth quarter 19th century. 3 3/4" H, 2 5/8" D rim.
Literature: For examples of other parallel mug forms see Comstock - The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, Bell example p. 226, pl. 5.80 and p. 246, fig. 5.146 middle, and Eberly examples p. 278, fig. 5.215.
Provenance:
Property of a Shenandoah Valley private collector.
Ex-Moore pottery collection (retains label).Â
Condition
Mostly undamaged, having a minor flake to foot edge and some possible minute green paint touch-ups to rim.
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