This page is dedicated to notices of ongoing research of primarily Shenandoah pottery. Other research programs will be given priority in the following descending order:
- Shenandoah Valley projects
- Virginia and West Virginia projects
- Southern States projects
- American projects
If you have a project that you would like to list here, please feel free to let us know. Projects leading to publication will take precedence.
“Stoneware of the Shenandoah Valley Region”
H. E. Comstock
This project requires photographs, taken by the author, of Shenandoah stoneware with makers identification. Information concerning Shenandoah potters would greatly help. Notice of known Shenadoah stoneware items would be appreciated and helpful.
Contact:doccom1@comcast.net
“Slipware of the Shenandoah Valley Region”
H. E. Comstock
This project requires photographs of slipware made by the Shenandoah potters. Notice of known Shenadoah slipware artifacts would be appreciated and helpful. Information regarding Shenandoah potters would be appreciated.
Contact:doccom1@comcast.net
“Southern Fraktur”
H. E. Comstock, Edited by Prof. John Stewart
Fraktur are various forms of early American folk art. Some explain the birth and baptism of early Americans, some are school projects, etc.
Many are written in an early German alphabet called the fracktur alphabet. Also known as "Gothic Blackletter." Others are completely written in English and many are printed. Most often these Fraktur are decorated with colored drawings, many in Baroque art form. People, flowers, birds, hearts, angels, leaves. fruit, and other objects, in color, adorn these paper certificates.
The fact that school teachers were the majority of these artist, student work books or copy books by 18th and 19th century students are very important in identifying the frakturist.
Sharing any information of such books would be extremely helpful.
This project requires photographs, primarily by the author. Any information regarding fraktur, owner or location thereof, would be appreciated.
This project ends 01/01/08 and is to be published by MESDA/OLD SALEM, Winston-Salem NC