Lot #: 352
Price Realized: $488.75
($425 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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 Redware Figure of a Squirrel, Pennsylvania origin, 19th century, hand-modeled figure of a squirrel feeding on a nut, seated on a circular base with impressed embellishments. Squirrel includes impressed eyes and incised details to muzzle, feet, and hair on back. Surface decorated with streaks of manganese and covered in a heavy, clear lead glaze. The squirrel remains one of the more unusual and desirable animal forms produced by Pennsylvania redware potters. This example features wonderful, folky modeling. Although its maker is unidentified, it bears some resemblance to figures produced by Jesiah Shorb in the Hanover area, which are pictured on page 18 of Jeanette Lasansky's Central Pennsylvania Redware Pottery, 1790-1904. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor's father during the second quarter of the 20th century. Figure is reglued where legs meet body. An additional 1 3/8" piece reglued at base. One ear restored. Restoration to tip of opposite ear. H 3 1/2".
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