Lot #: 196
Price Realized: $826.00
($700 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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.
Pair of Large Pottery Lion Figures, Mogadore, OH origin, late 19th century, each in form of a reclining lion on oval base, composed of yellow clay and brown glaze to the head and base. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market pair, from an eighty-year private collection. One in excellent condition with a few in-the-firing surface lines to underside, not visible on exterior. Other with tight crack to rear end of lion, extending down to bottom edge of base, as well as a small chip to forehead, a minor nick to mane, and an in-the-firing contact mark to front at base. L (of each) 15 1/2".
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