Lot #: 230
Price Realized: $1,800.00
($1,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Multi-Glazed Redware Hunt Scene Pitcher, attributed to S. Bell & Son, Strasburg, VA, circa 1890, molded pitcher with footed base and raised spout, one side decorated with a relief design of hounds overtaking a deer, the opposite side featuring hounds attacking a boar. Central tree design below spout and relief grapevine decoration to collar. Molded handle with thumb rest and relief foliate embellishments. Body of pitcher and handle decorated with bold splashed copper and manganese glazes over a yellow ground, the entire surface covered in a clear lead glaze. This form was produced from a mold created by Charles Coxon, who worked for a period at the E. & W. Bennett pottery in Baltimore, MD. Other, less colorful examples of this style were produced by John Bell in Waynesboro, PA and Solomon Bell in Strasburg, VA. One of a small number of multi-glazed hunt scene pitchers known. Literature: For a related example, see H.E. Comstock, The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, pp. 244-245, fig. 5.141. Painted flakes to shoulder area. A few small painted flakes to interior. A few small rim chips. A shallow spout chip. A small chip to leg of dog. H 8".
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