Two Pieces of Bell Family Pottery, PA and VA origin, second half 19th century

Fall 2022 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 451

Price Realized: $210.00

($175 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Two Pieces of Bell Family Pottery, PA and VA origin, second half 19th century, a dipped-slip canning jar with salt glaze, stamped "SOLOMON BELL / STRASBURG / Va.;" circa 1875; paired with a redware jar with lead-and-manganese-glazed interior, stamped "JOHN W. BELL / Waynesboro, Pa," circa 1880-1895. Solomon Bell jar with a small rim chip and a few minor rim nicks. John W. Bell jar with a 1 7/8" base chip on reverse, a 1 1/4" in-the-firing flake to top of rim, and two minor chips to bottom edge of rim. H (of Solomon Bell jar) 8 1/4".

Two Pieces of Bell Family Pottery, PA and VA origin, second half 19th centuryTwo Pieces of Bell Family Pottery, PA and VA origin, second half 19th centuryTwo Pieces of Bell Family Pottery, PA and VA origin, second half 19th centuryTwo Pieces of Bell Family Pottery, PA and VA origin, second half 19th centuryTwo Pieces of Bell Family Pottery, PA and VA origin, second half 19th century

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