STAMPED "J.D.HEATWOLE", ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE CANNING JAR, salt glazed, barrel form with medial rings, heavy rings below the ringed rim. Extremely rare scrolled-frame name stamp is lightly struck. John D. Heatwole, Dry River Pottery. 1860-1870. 9" H, 4 3/4" D rim, 6 1/4" D base. Literature: Parallels Evans/Suter - A Great Deal of Stone & Earthenware, front cover and p. 90, fig. 168; Kaufman - Heatwole and Suter Pottery, p. 29, fig. 18; and Comstock - Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, p. 327, fig. 6.28. Provenance: Collection of Gail and the late Charlie Lohr, Broadway, VA.
Catalogue Note: This is only the third recorded example of pottery bearing Heatwole's scrolled-frame stamp. Its primary service was as an ink stamp used by Heatwole to mark books from his library. Stan Kaufman illustrated an example of this stamp inked into a book from Heatwole's library on page 14 of his exhibition catalogue referenced above. In addition, this is only the second recorded example of this barrel form canning jar.

Undamaged except for a shallow chip to top of rim.