Lot #: 271
Price Realized: $560.50
($475 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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.
Rare Glazed Pair of Redware Exotic Cats, probably PA origin, circa 1850-1885, molded figure of a reclining lion on oval mound base with hand-incised grass, the figure's eyes highlighted in manganese, the surface covered in a clear lead glaze; paired with a second reclining cat figure by the same maker, either a lioness or leopard, decorated with manganese highlights to the face and spots on the body, the surface covered in a clear lead glaze. Both in excellent, essentially as-made condition. Lion with a chip to one ear, some wear to muzzle, and a few shallow base chips. Other cat in excellent condition with minor wear to muzzle. H (of lion) 4 1/4" ; L (of lion) 4 1/4".
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