Item 11339
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Rare 5 Gallon Stoneware Churn whose form and decoration indicate that it was made by Stephen B. Sweeney, Henrico County, Virginia, James River. Sweeney made pottery from 1835 to 1862.
For more on Sweeney, see Curtis Rice, James River Stoneware and the S. S. Perry Connection, pp. 180-208 and Eric C. Jenkins, Ceramics in Virginia, pp. 62-115.
Published: Mueller-Heubach, "From Kaolin to Claymount: Landscapes of the 19th Century James River Stoneware Industry." Doctoral Dissertation, College of William and Mary, p. 163, figure 78. Parallel examples in Kurt Russ, Rob Hunter, Oliver Meuller-Heubach, and Marshall Goodman, "The Remarkable 19th-Century Stoneware of Virginia's Lower James River Valley," in Robert Hunter, ed., Ceramics in America 2013, p. 249. figure 75.
Provenance: The collection of H. Marshall Goodman, Jr. and William Chapman III.
Dating to the mid-19th century, this beauty features a Tall and Slender Form, Carefully Tooled Rim and Shoulder, Handles with Cobalt Accents at the Terminals, and a Brushed Cobalt Floral on Each Side with a Stem Sporting Fine Leaves and Six Cotton Boll Blossoms. Stands 21" tall.
Excellent Visual Condition. Some professional restoration to the rim ( I just make out two 2" vertical lines), and to the base (I make out a 6 pointed star hairline with one arm coming up 6" on the side. Restoration is top notch.
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$4,200.00Price
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