Lot #: 309
Price Realized: $57.50
($50 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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 Redware Figures, attributed to the Hummelstown Terra Cotta Works, Pennsylvania origin, circa 1920, molded figures of a boy holding a fruit basket and girl holding a water urn, both in fine period dress atop circular bases. Girl with reglued right arm, and reglued section of left arm and water urn. Additional small chips to water urn. Boy figure with some lines, most likely in-the-firing, and a smooth chip to hair, possibly a molding flaw. H (of girl figure) 9".
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