IMPORTANT JOHN D. HEATWOLE, ROCKINGHAM CO., VA DECOR

IMPORTANT JOHN D. HEATWOLE, ROCKINGHAM CO., VA DECORATED SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE SQUAT JAR INSCRIBED FOR HIS WIFE, graceful bulbous form with flat collared rim and two delicate ribbed handles, brushed cobalt conjoined split-head tulip decoration on front and brushed cobalt "Elizabeth / Heatwole 1851" on reverse, cobalt "1" capacity below one handle and additional cobalt at handle terminals. Attributed to John D. Heatwole's Dry River Pottery. Mid 19th century. 7 1/2" h, 5 1/8" dia rim.
Reference: Published: Kaufman, {{Heatwole and Suter Pottery}}, p. 15, fig. 2 and p. 22, pl. II, left figure.
Closely parallels Evans/Suter, pp. 31, 32, figs. 1-3.
Provenance: Property of Everette L. Carr.Minnie Rhodes Carr (great grand-daughter of John D. Heatowle). Descended directly from "Potter" John Heatwole (1826-1907). Exhibited: Eastern Mennonite College, February 5 - March 5, 1978, #2.
Note: This jar is part of a group of pottery that descended through the Heatwole, Rhodes and Carr families of Rockingham Co. A companion jar from this group is inscribed "By J. D. Heatwole, 1851" and "Sugar" in cobalt script. Both jars were used in the Heatwole home near Dale Enterprise, VA. John Heatwole married Elizabeth Coffman, the daughter of Andrew Coffman, in 1848 while he was apprenticing at Coffman's Beldor pottery shop near Swift Run Gap in eastern Rockingham Co. Elizabeth's sister, Anna married Lindsey Morris, another Rockingham Co. potter who worked closely with the Coffmans and later established a pottery across the river from Heatwole's Dry River site.

Light 1 1/2" hairline off rim at front, network of light hairlines to body on reverse