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| Author: | Comstock, Harold E. |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Title: | The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region |
| Publisher: | The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts |
| City: | Winston-Salem, N.C. |
| Number of Pages: | xiv, 538p.: illus., maps, tables.Bibliography: p. 519-521.Glossary: p. 515-517. |
| Keywords: | 1. Pottery. 2. New Erection Steam Pottery. 3. Suter, Emanuel, 1833-1902. 4. Heatwole, John D., 1826-1907. 5. Good, Isaac, 1851- 1907. 6. Coffman, Andrew, 1795-1853. |
| Abstract: | This is a scholarly, and comprehensive, work that includes a lot of information on Rockingham County potters. Chapters discuss the pottery trade, the potters by region within the Valley, a list of potters with annotations, and various appendices with production figures, etc. Major Rockingham County potters discussed at length include Andrew Coffman, Isaac Good, John D. Heatwole, and Emanual Suter. At least fifty potters from Rockingham County are noted. |
| Location: | BC EMU-HL JMU RPL- GEN |