BELL FAMILY, STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA STONEWARE DOG / SPANIEL

BELL FAMILY, STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA STONEWARE DOG / SPANIEL (image 1/[null])
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BELL FAMILY, STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA STONEWARE DOG / SPANIEL, dark brown salt-glazed, full-bodied left-facing form, molded after a corresponding English Staffordshire spaniel of the same period, sitting with tail around hind legs, wearing a collar with locket and a chain, having pierced features including eyes, nostrils, and the chain, sat on an asymmetrical oval base. Fourth quarter 19th century. 9 1/2" HOA, 7 1/4" LOA.Literature: Rice/Stoudt - The Shenandoah Pottery, p. 134, figs. 158, 159, and 160.Catalogue Note: This stoneware dog very closely parallels the dog catalogued as No. 158 in Rice & Stoudt, with the exception that the book dog is described as a "penny bank". This solid closed-base version was instead likely a doorstop, indicated by its heavy size and the excessive wear pattern to the rear shoulder. The brown salt glaze, very dark and metallic in spots, bears a not-at-all coincidental resemblance to sewer tile/drain tile of the era. Comstock notes in The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region on p. 239 in describing the S. Bell & Son pottery, that by the late 19th century "drain tile sales" and "drain construction for the new large kiln at the Strasburg Steam Pottery" became "their main source[s] of income". Comparatively fewer products of this "late" era of Strasburg Bell production are known, but read more
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