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Slip and Manganese Glazed Redware Flowerpot, signed S. BELL & SON/ STRASBURG |
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Back to Virginia Stoneware |
Item #SBRF01 |
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| Description: |
This flowerpot is of a desirable round-sided form with attached saucher. It was coated with a white slip and decorated in manganese with a variant of the swags popular among the Bells. The manganese appears glossy against the matte white background; the inner swags are a light ochre brown and the outer swags are a darker, almost olive color. Several incised lines serve as a boundary point from which the decoration extends. Decorated on the front and back. Most redware attributable to S. BELL & SON is of the multi-glazed variety, with lead, manganese, and copper glazes; this is a somewhat more unusual slip and manganese glazed piece, and may have been made before the great rise of multi-glazed products. While stoneware marked S. BELL & SON is relatively easy to find, redware signed by this potting firm is very unusual; it remains some of the most difficult of all Bell redware to find with a maker's mark. |
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Size: |
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6 3/4" tall. |
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Condition: |
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Losses to base. Thin hairline on side. Glaze very well intact. |
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