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Jun 24, 2026
circa 1820s, center of bowl with "JK" slip initials, surrounded by manganese slip ring with cream slip lines, side of bowl with manganese slip spiraling line decoration, upper edge of bowl with arched cream slip line and triple manganese slash decoration, single manganese slip line under rim edge, lead glaze, tooled double fluted rim edge, 3 x 9-1/4 in.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. George and Connie Manger
Note: Jonas Knode was believed to be a potter in Hagerstown circa 1824, he was the father of Mary Adam, the wife of Henry Adam, there is some speculation that Jonas Knode apprenticed Henry Adam, this may be the only marked piece attributed to Jonas Knode as no other known pieces bear his name, see The Pottery Of The Shenandoah Valley Region, by H.E. Comstock, pgs. 356, 358, 431, and 435.
Literature: This lot is illustrated in "Living with Antiques: A Middle-Atlantic Collection of Collections" by John C. Newcomer, Antiques Magazine, May 1999, p. 743, pl. XIX; and Pottery From The Shenandoah And Cumberland Valleys: Selections from the Manger Collection, by Dr. George and Connie Manger, pg. 75.
Exhibited: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, May 16, 2003 through September 14, 2003.
Collection of Dr. George and Connie Manger
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