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The Renfrew Museum also in Strasburg, Va. of Ceramics in America, titled, Ceramic Studies, a nonprofit Peter Bell, Upton Bell, as well
Displayed directly in the “Bell Family Presentation Jar.” organization in Waynesboro, as other potters and
Continued from page 9 records. Resting in front of the middle of the exhibit are five As I stood, admiring these which preserves, collects, unmarked wares.
An employee of the Bell exhibit was a painted rooster exceptional objects; these objects and consuming the exhibits and interprets his- These pieces are all dis-
pottery, not largely recognized weathervane that once stood pieces must attract attention local history that surrounded toric folk pottery, recently played on the second floor of
today, Mary Elizabeth, was atop the Bell pottery. from just about anyone who me, the museum’s executive permanently loaned the the circa 1812-15 Royer-
John W.’s sister and was I quickly noticed red earth- walks through the barn doors director, Dade Royer, arrived Renfrew Museum 59 pieces of Nicodemus House, located
employed during his tenure as enware impressed with John into the Visitors Center. As I to give me a tour. pottery made by John Bell, directly in front of the Visitors
a decorator. She also signed Bell’s first known mark, “I. walked closer, I came face-to- The Nicodemus Center for Daniel Baker, Jacob Heart, Continued on page 19
pieces. To my knowledge, BELL,” but there were also face with three extraordinary
she’s one of the few females many pieces stamped with and rare large lions, express-
associated with utilitarian pot- some of the Bell pottery’s bet- ing dramatic facial features CABIN FEVER AUCTIONS
tery production during this ter-known marks, like “J. Bell,” and manufactured with a
tremendous amount of skill.
time period.
As I entered the museum
“John Bell,” “John Bell /
Waynesboro,” and “John W. Two of the lions were stamped MODERN ERA MODEL TRAIN AUCTION
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Visitors Center, my eyes were Bell / Waynesboro.” “S. Bell & Son / Strasburg,”
decorated with a polychrome
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immediately drawn to the Red earthenware from
crystal clear glass cases that other potters is also repre- glaze, standing almost 15 inch- AUCTION OF TRAINS BEGINS AT 5 P.M. • Preview Begins At 3 P.M.
lined the back half of the sented in the collection, such es tall and nearly 21 inches SHADY MAPLE BANQUET HALL
room. Inside these cases were as Bell’s brother, Solomon Bell long. A third lion of compara-
ble size stood to the left,
129 Toddy Drive, EAST EARL, PA 17519
dozens of original molds used (1817-82), in Strasburg, Va.; Between Rt. 322 & Rt. 23, Off Of Rt. 897
at the Bell pottery in the another brother, Upton Bell adorned in a subtler glaze
1800s. Surrounding the molds
in every direction was
(1820-99), in Waynesboro;
Daniel M. Baker’s Pottery in
attributed to John Bell. Similar,
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stoneware and red earthen- Waynesboro; Anthony Baecher both Bell brothers are also in SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 AT 9 A.M.
ware, as well as some original in Winchester, Va.; Jacob Heart the collection of the Museum Preview Begins At 8:00 A.M.
photographs and a book pre- in Chambersburg, Pa.; and the of Early Southern Decorative
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Metropolitan Museum of Art. (In The Merritt’s Antique Clock Complex)
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right of the lions is a large two-
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accomplished glaze and a
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ornamental design. SHADY MAPLE BANQUET HALL
Hanging above the lions
and water cooler is a late 19th-
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Between Rt. 322 & Rt. 23, Off Of Rt. 897
century pastel portrait on
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paper of John Bell attributed
to Tillie Bell, whom some pre-
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Here is part of the pottery display inside the Royer-Nicodemus House at the published in the 2005 edition SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29
Renfrew Museum.
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