ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE SUGAR BOWL, salt-glazed, shouldered conical form with collared neck, flat-top rim, formed scrolled handle with feathered lower terminal, and heavy beaded foot. Brushed cobalt upright tulip and leaves decoration repeated twice on each side, additional cobalt across handles and spaced around rim. Probably potted and decorated by Joseph Silber (1827-1890), possibly while partnering with George M. Woods as Woods and Silber (1868-1876), Rawley Springs area; or at Emanuel Suter's New Erection Pottery, west of Harrisonburg. Circa 1866-1880. 4 1/4" H, 4 5/8" D rim, 3 3/8" D foot.
Literature: Form parallels Evans/Suter - A Great Deal of Stone & Earthen Ware, p. 95, fig. 182. Decoration identical to Ibid., p. 72, fig. 116, stamped for Woods and Silber.
Provenance: Collection of Maxine and the late Carlton Rinaca, Shenandoah, VA.

Good as-found condition, rim with a shallow chip, lacking most of one handle, hairline from base to shoulder, flake to underside of foot.