Lot #: 344
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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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