Lot #: 226
Price Realized: $1,092.50
($950 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Large-Sized Redware Figure of a Ram, Origin Unknown, 19th century, hand-modeled ram with hollow body, heavy applied coleslaw wool, applied tail and curled horns, and incised face and hooves. Figure stands on an oblong base, the surface covered in a clear lead glaze. Eyes decorated with brown slip. Green-glazed drip on side. Exceptional size and form. Found in Pennsylvania, this figure does resemble in some aspects the work of Pennsylvania redware potter Ernestus Bacher, who used similar glazes and “cole-slaw” fur. Losses to ears. Figure broken off from base at bottom of front legs and reglued. This damage includes a break along middle of base. L 12" ; H 8 3/4".
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