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EMANUEL SUTER ATTRIBUTED, ROCKINGHAM CO., SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA STONEWARE MONEY BANK, salt-glazed, diminutive jug form with cut-out coin slot below a button-like finial, delicate strap handle. Emanuel Suter (1833-1902), New Erection Pottery (1866-1890), west of Harrisonburg, VA. 1870-1890. 5" HOA, 2 1/4" D base. Literature: Evans/Suter - A Great Deal of Stone & Earthen Ware, p. 96, fig. 186. See ibid., p. 97, fig. 187 and Kaufman - Heatwole and Suter Pottery, p. 24, color pl. VIII, and p. 41, figs. 67, 67A for the standard earthenware/redware examples of this form. Catalogue Note: This form is traditionally seen in earthenware. This is only the third stoneware example recorded. According to tradition, Suter produced these banks for use in local Sunday schools. Several examples are known that have descended directly in the Suter family and bear ownership signatures under the bases.