IMPRESSED "A. COFFMAN / ROCKINGHAM VA." SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DECORATED SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE JAR approximately one gallon

Price Realized: $7,425.00

Sold Date: Jun 23, 2006

Lot #2

marked on rim, ovoid form with squared rim and grooved handles, free-hand cobalt decoration both sides and at handles

Item/Auction Attributes

Attribution: Andrew Coffman, Beldor area, Eastern Rockingham Co

Circa: 1840-1853

Condition:

Exceptional condition with two light rim flakes

Size: 10" h, 5 1/2" d rim

Provenance:

Collection of Stanley A. Kaufman.
Exhibited: "A Great Deal of Stone & Earthenware," HRHS, 2004, and "Valley Collects: Shenandoah Stoneware," WWBP, 1995

Low Estimate: $4,000.00

High Estimate: $6,000.00

Catalog Notes:

An extremely rare example representing one of only five recorded specimens with Coffman’s impressed mark

Reference 1:

Published Evans/Suter, p. 60, fig. 83, and Comstock, p. 321, fig. 6.13