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This pitcher, while utilitarian in form, demonstrates the innovative decorative techniques employed at the Bell pottery. It uses a pattern of blue sponged markings to create stripes curving around the pitcher’s body. These markings may have been created using a roulette-type sponge of Bell’s invention to achieve the distinctive patterning.
May 21, 2005 · John Bell who, along with his sons, potted in Waynesboro, PA, is one of the primary names in the history of Pennsylvania utilitarian pottery production. Bell made stoneware, well-decorated or otherwise particularly well-executed examples of which are highly regarded by collectors and museums. (You can see some of these finer stoneware pieces ...
Jul 29, 2003 · The Renfrew House boasts the largest public collection of John Bell pottery in existence and is located little more than a mile from Bell’s original workshop. The museum is actually part of a historic home/farm/park complex that encompasses 107 acres in historic Waynesboro with the pottery collection housed in the 1840s stone farmhouse.
1. Although traditionallv identified as a portrait of John Bell, it is possible that this likeness is of his son John William Bell, who managed the familv pottery business after his father's death, in 1880. This newspaper article notes that the portraits of John and Annie Bell "are at least forty years old," a time frame that implies an
Apr 9, 2021 · Exceedingly Rare and Important Redware Jar with Manganese Floral Decoration and Elaborate Incised Signature, Dated Twice 1875, Stamped JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO', PA origin, 1875, ovoid jar with heavily-tooled shoulder, rounded rim, and extruded lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a large lead-and-manganese tulip motif featuring elongated stamens.
Nov 1, 2016 · Small lead and iron glazed jug made by Charles Frederick Bell, John Bell’s fourth son, at Bell Pottery in Waynesboro. The original is dated on the base “Sept. 19, 1884” and signed “C.F. Bell.” John Bell is stamped on the shoulder. Reproduction by Lynnette King (2000).
Nov 9, 2010 · A unique pottery jug made in Waynesboro 150 years ago recently sold for nearly $60,000. The John Bell harvest jug, dated May 12, 1860, fetched $59,250 at an auction Oct. 30 in Downingtown. “This is one of the most important pieces of Bell stoneware to come on the market in recent years ... probably the rarest and highest price piece we’ve ...
