EMANUEL SUTER, ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE MONEY BANK, lead-glazed with splashes of iron oxide, jug-form with a cut-out coin slot below a button-like finial, strap handle. Signed "Mary / Suter" in pencil under base. Emanuel Suter's New Erection Pottery west of Harrisonburg, VA. Circa 1870-1890. 5" H, 2 1/2" D base.
Literature: Evans/Suter - A Great Deal of Stone & Earthen Ware, p. 97, fig. 187, and Kaufman - Heatwole and Suter Pottery, p. 24, color pl. VIII, and p. 41, figs. 67, 67A.
Provenance: The collection of Charles R. Cline, Fishersville, VA.
Ex-collection of Mary E. Suter (1905-1989), granddaughter of Emanuel Suter.
Catalogue Note: According to tradition, Suter produced these banks for use in local Sunday schools. This bank is one of two formerly in the collection of Miss Mary Suter. Its outstanding condition speaks to the fact that it was a cherished possession of the Suter family.
Condition
Outstanding undamaged condition.