STAMPED "E. SUTER.", ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA EARTHENWARE / REDWARE CANNING / PRESERVE JAR, double lead-glazed, "1/2" gallon capacity mark, graceful ovoid form with flared rim having two narrow interior ledges, fully glazed under base. Emanuel Suter's New Erection Pottery west of Harrisonburg, VA. Circa 1866-1880. 9" H, 3 5/8" D rim.
Published: Comstock - The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, p. 336, fig. 6.53, glaze and height recorded incorrectly.
Literature: For identical examples see Evans/Suter - A Great Deal of Stone & Earthen Ware, p. 87, fig. 162, and Kaufman - Heatwole and Suter Pottery, p. 44, fig. 79.
Provenance: The collection of Charles R. Cline, Fishersville, VA.
Jeffrey S. Evans (T/A GVA), 11/13/05, lot 26.
Ex-collection of Dr. J. F. Wine, Harrisonburg, VA.
Condition
Very good condition, back of rim with a 5/8" x 1 1/8" shallow chip to outer edge that does not affect the top profile, otherwise undamaged.