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Exceedingly Rare James River, Virginia Stoneware

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JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR: JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR, salt-glazed, "3" gallon capacity mark, ovoid form with nearly straight tab-like handles, and narrow, slightly-rounded rim. Brushed cobalt&

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JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR: JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR, salt-glazed, approximately one-gallon capacity, ovoid form with flat-top rounded rim, beaded neck ring, double incised shoulder rings, and applied arched

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JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JUG: JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JUG, salt-glazed, approximately one gallon, slight ovoid form with ringed mouth and strap handle. Brushed cobalt tulip decoration to front, additional cobalt

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James River Stoneware Jar Virginia: a blue and grey crock from the James River pottery clan. Ovoid in form. Base cracks throughout. Ca. 1840. bold decoration. 15"

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Exceedingly Rare James River, Virginia Stoneware

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Exceedingly Rare Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Inkwell, attributed to Benjamin DuVal's Richmond Stoneware Manufactory, Richmond, VA, circa 1811-1820, cylindrical form with tooled edge, fashioned with four quill holes surrounding a central ink hole, the top surface decorated with thirteen cobalt slip spots. This inkwell, previously excavated in Norfolk, VA, is possibly the only cobalt-decorated example of the form known from Virginia's James River Valley. Literature: The inkwell's spotted decoration is closely related to the fingerprint designs on sherds excavated at the DuVal site, described and illustrated by Rob Hunter and Marshall Goodman in "The Destruction of the Benjamin DuVal Stoneware Manufactory", Ceramics in America 2005, figs. 55-57; Similar heavy wire marks as seen on the underside of this inkwell can be observed on various sherds excavated at the DuVal site, illustrated in Hunter and Goodman, figs. 12-13. Restored rim and base chips. Restored chips to center hole. H 7/8" ; Diam. 3 3/8".