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"A Great Deal of Stone & Earthen Ware," The Rockingham County, Virginia School of Folk Pottery
Jeffrey S. Evans and Scott Hamilton Suter
The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, 2004

Published in conjunction with the HRHS exhibit of the same name.

This title is available through our online store

Review from Kurt C. Russ, excerpted from the publication, Ceramics in America (2005):

“Presenting good-quality color photographs of those pieces with accompanying text in a well-conceived format, the catalog serves as an indispensable reference for Virginia pottery. The detailed captions highlight variations that are the basis for attributions as well as those that distinguish different potters, influences, or decorators. Associated photographs detailing important vessel attributes, such as capacity stamps, makers’ marks, handle types, and rim configurations, document variations among wares.”

“An intimate familiarity with local wares and an understanding of the broader industry allowed the co-curators to make attributions and to identify outside influences accounting for certain vessel types and their decorative embellishments. An example is their identification of the sunflower decoration on a stamped Mount Crawford crock (p. 67, no. 101) as resembling decoration on Alexandria stoneware. They interpret this design as being introduced by Shinnick or perhaps Duey, both of whom worked previously in Alexandria or Baltimore. Another example is their perceptive association that both the batter jug form (p. 104, no. 208) and the bird motif on a local vessel (p. 49, no. 54) resemble Cowden and Wilcox Pottery production. These examples speak to a broad understanding of ceramics both within and beyond the region. By limiting their study to wares from the region where they had conducted hands-on research, the authors successfully avoided the pitfalls of inaccurate attributions, errors of interpretation, omissions, and inadequate references inherent in broader considerations.”

Arkansas Made: Volume 1
Swannee Bennett & William B. Worthen
The University of Arkansas Press, 1990

Arkansas Made: Volume 2
Swannee Bennett & William B. Worthen
The University of Arkansas Press, 1991

Artists in the Life of Charleston
Anna Wells Rutledge
University of South Carolina Press, Revised 1980 (Original 1949)

The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture and Its Makers Through 1850
Derita Coleman Williams & Nathan Harsh
Tennessee Historical Society, Tennessee State Museum Foundation, 1988

Art of Tennessee
Benjamin H., Caldwell Jr., Robert Hicks, Mark W. Scala
First Center for the Visual Arts, 2003

Charleston Furniture 1700-1825
E. Milby Burton
The Charleston Museum, 1955

Classical Norfolk Furniture 1810-1840
Thomas R. J. Newbern & James R. Melchor
Turner Publishing Company, 2004

The Clocks of Shenandoah
Philip Whitney
Self Published, 1983

Considerable Grace: The Southern Roots of the Kentucky

Shaker Dining Room, An Exhibition of Antebellum Kentucky and

Tennessee Dining Room Furniture and Silver
Tommy Hines
Shaker Museum at South Union, 1999

Dixie Clockmakers
James W. Gibbs
Pelican Publishing, 1979

Early Furniture of Louisiana
Jessie J. Poesch
The Louisiana State Museum, 1972

Early Georgia Portraits
Marion Converse Bright, Historical Activities Committee State Chairman
University of Georgia Press, 1975

Eastern Shore, Virginia Raised-Panel Furniture 1730-1830
James R. Melchor, N. Gordon Lohr, Marilyn S. Melchor
The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1982

Edenton Furniture and Culture
Thomas R. J. Newbern and James R. Melchor
Self Published, 2008

Folk and Decorative Art of The Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society
Self Published, 1993

Folk Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley
William E. Wiltshire, III
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1975

The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina 1700-1820
John Bivins, Jr.
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1988

Furniture of the Georgia Piedmont Before 1830
Henry D. Green
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1976

Furniture of Williamsburg and Eastern Virginia: 1710-1790
Wallace B. Gusler
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1979

The Green Family of Cabinetmakers: An Alexandria Institution, 1817-1887, An Exhibition of 19^th Century Furniture
Oscar P. Fitzgerald, Guest Curator
The Alexandria Association, 1986

Georgia’s Legacy: History Charted Through the Arts
Jane Webb Smith
Georgia Museum of Art, 1985

Great Road Style: The Decorative Arts Legacy Of Southwestern Virginia & Northeast Tennessee
Betsy K. White
University of Virginia Press, 2006

Gunsmiths of Virginia: Second Edition
James Biser Whisker
Old Bedford Village Press, 1992

Gunsmiths of West Virginia: Third Edition
Fred R. Lambert & James B. Whisker
Old Bedford Village Press, n.d.

Hidden Heritage: Recent Discoveries in Georgia Decorative Arts, 1733-1915
Pamela Wagner, Guest Curator
High Museum of Art, 1990

In the Neatest Manner: The Making of the Virginia Sampler Tradition
Kimberly Smith Ivey
Curious Works Press, 1997

Long Rifles of Virginia
James T. Butler, Jr., James B. Whisker
Old Bedford Village Press, 1996

Made in Alabama: A State Legacy
E. Bryding Adams, Chief Editor and Curator
Birmingham Museum of Art, 1995

Made in Tennessee
Tennessee Fine Arts Center
Self Published, 1971

Neat Pieces, The Plain-Style Furniture of Nineteenth-Century Georgia: With a New Foreward by Deanne D. Levison
William W. Griffin
The University of Georgia Press, Revised 2006 (Original 1983)

North Carolina Furniture 1700-1900
Robert E. Winters, Jr.
North Carolina Museum of History Associates, Inc., 1977

Paneled Walls, Paneled Furniture
Mills Wehner & Ralph Harvard
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, 2002

Portraits in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society: A Catalogue
Virginius Cornick Hall, Jr.
The University of Virginia Press, 1981

Pottery From The Shenandoah And Cumberland Valleys
Dr. George and Connie Manger
Self published, 2003

Published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD.

The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region
H. E. Comstock
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1994

The Regional Arts of the Early South: A Sampling From the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
John Bivins & Forsyth Alexander
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1991

Rockbridge County Artists & Artisans
Barbara Crawford & Royster Lyle, Jr.
University of Virginia Press, 1995

Shenandoah Valley Folklife
Scott Hamilton Suter
University Press of Mississippi, 1999

An introduction to folklife of the region including material culture.

Southern Decoys of Virginia and the Carolinas
Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr.
Schiffer Publishing, 1983

Southern Antiques
Paul H. Burroughs
Garrett & Massie, 1931Reprinted Bonanza Books, 1967

Southern Antiques & Folk Art
Robert Morton
Oxmoor House, 1976

Southern Folk Art
Cynthia Elyce Rubin
Oxmore House, 1985

Southern Furniture 1680-1830: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection
Ronald L. Hurst & Jonathan Prown
Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1997

Southern Perspective: A Sampling From the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
MESDA Staff
MESDA, 2005

The Swisegood School of Cabinetmaking: An Exhibition Organized by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
Frank L. Horton & Carolyn J. Weekley
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1973

Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880
Lonn Taylor & David B. Warren
The University of Texas Press, 1975

Tradition & Fashion: Cabinetmaking in the Upper Shenandoah Valley, 1850-1900
Scott Hamilton Suter
Shenandoah Valley Folk Art & Heritage Center, 1996

An exhibit catalogue that features the work of Daniel Suter, Christian and Henry Theis, Alexander Coffman and Adam Kersh.

The above title is available through our online store

The Virginia Landscape: A Cultural History
James C. Kelly & William M. S. Rasmussen
Howell Press, 2000

The Virginia Manufactory of Arms
Giles Cromwell
The University of Virginia Press, 1975

Virginia Tokens
David E. Schenkman
The Virginia Numismatic Association, 1980

Wilmington Furniture 1720-1860
John Bivins, Jr., Guest Curator
St. Johns Museum of Art and Historic Wilmington FDN, 1989

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J. Eberly & Co., Strasburg, VA Lamb Doorstop, Polychrome Glazed Earthenware, Circa 1890 - Sold $58,000, November 16, 2002, lot 1. A record auction price for polychrome glazed wares.

Emanuel Suter, Rockingham Co., VA Stoneware 5 Gallon Churn, Circa 1870 - Sold $25,300, November 13, 2005, lot 1, for a local family. A record auction price for Rockingham Co, VA stoneware.