Scott Hamilton Suter
"Unless Delayed by Unforeseen Circumstances": A Tale of a Shenandoah Valley Industrial Pottery

Ceramics in America 2018

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  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    Map of Harrisonburg Land & Improvement Company Sites, 1890. C. M. Berry v. Harrisonburg Land & Improvement Company, Rockingham County Chancery Causes, 1901-007, p. 160.

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    The Virginia Pottery, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1890. (Courtesy, Julius F. Ritchie Collection.)

  • Figure 3
    Figure 3

    William W. Sherratt (1849–1892), ca. 1885. (Courtesy, Zach Houck.) 

  • Figure 4
    Figure 4

    Sanborn Map, 1891, sheet 1, showing the Virginia Pottery. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Harrisonburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, Sanborn Map Company, August 1891; www.loc.gov/item/sanborn09029_002/ (accessed January 22, 2019).

  • Figure 5
    Figure 5

    Plat drawn by Jasper Hawse, 1902. Lupton, Sullivan & Company vs. Harrisonburg Land & Improvement Company, Rockingham County Chancery Cause 1906-038, p. 649. 

  • Figure 6
    Figure 6

    Virginia Pottery envelope, Sprinkel and Houck v. Sprinkel and Houck, Rockingham County Chancery Cause 1901-072. 

  • Figure 7
    Figure 7

    Virginia Pottery receipt, Sprinkel and Houck v. Sprinkel and Houck, Rockingham County Chancery Cause 1901-072. 

  • Figure 8
    Figure 8

    Virginia Pottery business card, Sprinkel and Houck v. Sprinkel and Houck, Rockingham County Chancery Cause 1901-072. 

  • Figure 9
    Figure 9

    Virginia Pottery letterhead, Sprinkel and Houck v. Sprinkel and Houck, Rockingham County Chancery Cause 1901-072. 

  • Figure 10
    Figure 10

    Virginia Pottery letterhead, Sprinkel and Houck v. Sprinkel and Houck, Rockingham County Chancery Cause 1901-072. 

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    Figure 11

    Rockingham Pottery Company letterhead. (Private collection.) 

  • Figure 12
    Figure 12

    Rebecca-at-the-Well teapot, Virginia Pottery Company or Rockingham Pottery Company, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1890–1892. Lead-glazed earthenware. H. 6". (Private collection; photo, William McGuffin.) 

  • Figure 13
    Figure 13

    Knobs and handles from teapots, Virginia Pottery Company or Rockingham Pottery Company, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1890–1892. Lead‑glazed earthenware. (Private collection; photo, William McGuffin.) 

  • Figure 14
    Figure 14

    Cuspidor base fragments, Virginia Pottery Company or Rockingham Pottery Company, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1890–1892. Lead‑glazed earthenware. (Private collection; photo, William McGuffin.) 

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    Figure 15

    Reverse view of the cuspidor base illustrated in fig. 14. 

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    Figure 16

    Sandy Daniels (1865–1938), undated. (Courtesy, Zach Houck.) 

  • Figure 17
    Figure 17

    Sanborn Map, 1897, sheet 1, showing the Old Dominion Pottery. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Harrisonburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, Sanborn Map Company, January 1897; www.loc.gov/item/sanborn09029_003/ (accessed January 22, 2019).

  • Figure 18
    Figure 18

    Sanborn Map, 1907, sheet 13, showing the Adamant Porcelain Company. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Harrisonburg, Independent Cities, Virginia. Sanborn Map Company, August 1912. “Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps” (Teaneck, N.J.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1983).

  • Figure 19
    Figure 19

    Cover of the Standard Porcelain Catalogue, Adamant Porcelain Company (Lmtd.) (New Market, Va.: Henkel & Co., n.d.). (Courtesy, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.)

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    Figure 20

    Standard Porcelain Catalogue, Adamant Porcelain Company (Lmtd.), p. 18 (New Market, Va.: Henkel & Co., n.d.). (Courtesy, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville.)

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    Figure 21

    Standard Porcelain Catalogue, Adamant Porcelain Company (Lmtd.), p. 14 (New Market, Va.: Henkel & Co., n.d.). (Courtesy, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville.)

  • Figure 22
    Figure 22

    Standard Porcelain Catalogue, Adamant Porcelain Company (Lmtd.), p. 26 (New Market, Va.: Henkel & Co., n.d.). (Courtesy, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville.)

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    Figure 23

    John Edwin Roller (1844–1918), principal owner of the Adamant Porcelain Company. (Courtesy, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society.)

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    Figure 24

    Elias Howard Sellards (b. 1875), Pit of kaolin—Edgar, Florida, 1909. Black-and-white photoprint, 5 x 7". (State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/124319 [accessed February 27, 2018]; Florida Geological Survey Collection GE0066.)