Rare Group of Three Matching Redware Wall Pockets, attributed to J. Eberly & Co., Strasburg, VA, circa 1890, each of ovoid form with footed base, coggled edge, and scrolled handle, and flattened reverse for hanging; surface of each coated in a dipped cream-colored slip, decorated with splashed copper and manganese and covered in a clear lead glaze. (Darker example includes only very faint copper to the proper left side.) The application of the whitish slip on each wall pocket, in which each was dipped from the base up and then again from the top down, created a matching "striped" pattern where the slip was most heavily concentrated. A fine group, each possibly made on the same day, surviving in strong condition for this form. Literature: The darkest-colored example is illustrated in Rice and Stoudt, The Shenandoah Pottery, p. 116, fig. 28. One shorter example in very nice condition with a small glaze flake to shoulder on front, two small rim chips on reverse, and a small chip at base on reverse. Other shorter example with darker coloration in excellent condition with two minor base nicks. Largest with a large chip to reverse of one scroll, a faint 2 1/4" hairline from rim, a 1 1/4" surface line from rim on interior (not visible on exterior), a small in-the-firing contact mark to front of rim, and minor chipping to rim on reverse. H (of tallest) 6 3/4".
