Item 11589
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 1 Gallon Stoneware Jar made and stamped by "S. Bell & Son, Strasburg."
 
This is the work of Samuel Bell and his Son, Turner Ashby, who 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 for Ease of Tying Cheese Cloth Over the Top, a Clear Pottery Stamp, and Four Units of Comma Vining with Dangling Florals in Cobalt Blue.  Stands 9 3/4" tall.
 
Excellent Condition.  Two chips inside the rim (1/4", 3/8") and one outside (3/4").  That's it!  No base chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration. 
 
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