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ZIGLER POTTERY (ATTRIBUTED), TIMBERVILLE, VA INCISE

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ZIGLER POTTERY (ATTRIBUTED), TIMBERVILLE, VA INCISED SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE CROCK, approximately 1 gallon, rounded rim with three bold rings below, neatly inscribed "For a handsome young milk maid" in script below the rim. Possibly Andrew Coffman, the first potter recorded to have worked at John Zigler's pottery. Many examples of Coffman family pottery exists with incised inscriptions. Second quarter 19th century. 8" h, 7 1/2" dia rim.
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Provenance: The Glick estate, Broadway, VA. Green Valley Auctions, Inc., 1988.The M. Otto Zigler estate, Timberville, VA.
Note: This jar was part of a group of pottery originally discovered in the cellar of the John Zigler homestead in Timberville, VA and sold through our gallery in 1988. The original Zigler pottery site was located directly across the road from the circa 1810 brick house.

Network of freeze cracks at base and a 4" crack off the rim

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