EMANUEL SUTER ATTRIBUTED, ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDW
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Description
EMANUEL SUTER ATTRIBUTED, ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE MONEY BANK, lead-glazed with splashes of manganese iron oxide, jug form with cut-out coin slot below a button-like finial, strap handle. Emanuel Suter (1833-1902), New Erection Pottery (1866-1890), west of Harrisonburg, VA. 1870-1890. 5 1/8" HOA, 2 5/8" D base.
Literature: Evans/Suter - A Great Deal of Stone & Earthen Ware, p. 97, fig. 187, and Kaufman - Heatwole and Suter Pottery, p. 24, color pl. VIII, and p. 41, figs. 67, 67A.
Catalogue Note: According to tradition, Suter produced these banks for use in local Sunday schools. Several examples are known that have descended directly in the Suter family and bear ownership signatures under the bases.
Provenance:
From the private collection of James Lawrence, Williamsburg, VA.
Jeffrey S. Evans (T/A GVA), 11/12/2004, lot 33.
Ex-collection of Mary Nell Rhodes.
Condition
Having a chip to finial and loss of strap handle. Manufacturing flaws including a small hole to bottom, as made.
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