Three Pieces of Salt-Glazed American Stoneware, second half 19th century

Fall 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 502

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Three Pieces of Salt-Glazed Stoneware, American, second half 19th century, a one-gallon cylindrical jar with brushed manganese swag decoration, stamped "S. BELL & SON. / STRASBURG," VA origin, circa 1890; a one-and-a-half-gallon cylindrical jar with rare brown-slip leaf decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1860; and an undecorated canning jar, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1875. Provenance: Dr. George and Connie Manger Collection. Bell jar with a significant spider crack and numerous tiny to small rim chips. Canning jar with in-the-firing chips to bottom edge and in-the-firing contact marks to surface. Tallest with a 3/4" rim chip, several minor rim chips, and a firing line across the warped underside. H (of tallest) 11 3/4".



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