Item 10774
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 1 Gallon Stoneware Bowl made and stamped by "Solomon Bell, Strasburg, VA."
 
Solomon Bell was one of the most famous of the Bell Family Potters, working as a potter in Strasburg from the early 1850's until his death in 1882 (H. E. Comstock, The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, pp. 373-74).
 
This beauty features a Tooled Flared Rim Designed for Easily Tying a Cover Over the Top, Tapered Sides, Pottery Stamp, and Three Comma Vines.  Measures 5 1/4" tall adn 10 1/4" wide across the top. 
 
Very Good Condition.  Four minor 1/8" nibbles on top of the rim, and six small chips under the rim (1/8" to 1/2").  No base chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration. 
 
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