Lot #: 84
Price Realized: $57.50
($50 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Rare Large-Sized Shenandoah Valley Redware Chimney Flue Liner, Stamped "SOLOMON BELL / STRASBURG / Va," circa 1870, cylindrical flue line with tooled shoulder and flattened rim, impressed with Solomon Bell maker's mark at shoulder. Though numerous flue liners are known by Solomon's brother, John Bell of Waynesboro, PA, those produced by the Bells of Strasburg are considered rare. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example from a Southeastern Virginia collection amassed decades ago. Loss to rim. Two rim chips, measuring 1 1/4" and 1 1/2". 8" and 6" Two cracks, measuring 8" and 6", extending up from base. Some old blue paint at rim. H 12 1/8".
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