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Ongoing
Research
This page is dedicated for various
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.
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"Stoneware of
the Shenandoah Valley Region"
H. E.
Comstock
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Slipware of the Shenandoah Valley Region"
H. E.
Comstock
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"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
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