STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA POLYCHROME-DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE MUG

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STRASBURG, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA POLYCHROME-DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE MUG, lead-, copper-, and manganese-glazed over a slip wash, cylindrical form with applied slightly 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. 4 5/8" H, 3 1/2" 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.Condition Having some scattered glaze flakes to rim and foot, a rim hairline, and handle broken and glued.

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