Lot #: 92
Price Realized: $1,770.00
($1,500 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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.
Extremely Rare Shenandoah Valley Redware Collander with Copper Decoration, Stamped "S. BELL & SON. / STRASBURG", VA origin, circa 1890, bowl-shaped form with rounded rim molding and extruded handles, the bottom half of the vessel incised with a series of lines pierced with original drain holes. Underside with additional pierced drain holes. Exterior with heavy copper decoration, the entire surface covered in a clear lead glaze. Impressed at shoulder on reverse with "S. BELL & SON." maker's mark. This collander is the only example of the form that we have seen produced by the Bell family in Strasburg, VA. Provenance: Illustrated in Rice and Stoudt, The Shenandoah Pottery, p. 141, fig. 187. Restoration to glaze loss to rim, handles, and areas of surface. A 4" restored crack from rim. A 2" long C-shaped surface crack below one handle, not visible on interior. Glaze loss to underside and some small spots of wear to surface of collander. H 6 3/4" ; Diameter (across top) 10 1/2".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceedingly Rare Cornwall, New York Incised Mermaid Stoneware Water Cooler
Exceptional S. BELL & SON / STRASBURG, VA Redware Spaniel Figure
Shenandoah Valley Redware Pitcher & Washbowl Set, attrib. J. Eberly & Co., Strasburg, VA
Very Important Pair of Glazed Redware Spaniels Signed JOHN BELL, Waynesboro, PA
Extremely Rare and Exceptional Multi-Glazed Redware Lamb Figure, J. Eberly, Strasburg, VA
Exceedingly Rare and Important Solomon Bell / Winchester, VA Redware Whippet Figure
