Lot #: 344
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Highly Unusual Large-Sized Sewertile Figure of a Railroad Worker, Signed and Dated "Bryon / 74", probably Ohio, 1974, hand-modeled figure of a man in distinctive cap playing the harmonica. Good detail throughout including buttoned shirt, heavy boots with ringed accents, and a comb in one of the figure's back pockets. Incised on reverse near base, "Bryon / '74". Figure may represent a "hobo" or railroad worker. A sewertile sculpture of massive proportions. Excellent condition with one small loss to comb. H 32 1/4".
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