Item 6920
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 4 Gallon Stoneware Jar made and stamped by "S. Bell & Son, Strasburg, VA."
 
Samuel Bell and his Son, Turner Ashby, potted together in Strasburg around 1880-1890 (H. E. Comstock, The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, pp. 72-73, 74).
 
This beauty features a Carefully Tooled Rim, the Pottery Stamp, and Elaborate Brushed Comma Vining on Each Side.  Two sets of vining mirror each other at the top and then form a "necklace" below.  Stands 14 1/2" tall. 
 
Excellent Condition.  A 3/4" chip inside the rim, three chips outside the rim (1/8" to 3/8"), and a narrow 1" chip on the underside of one handle.  That's it!  No base chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration. 
 
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