Lot #: 346
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 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.
Unusual Sewertile Lion Doorstop, Inscribed "Sam Watson", Ohio origin, late 19th or early 20th century, molded figure of a lion with detailed mane, reclining atop rectangular slab base with scalloped edge. Incised in large script on underside "Samuel Watson". Provenance: From a recently-surfaced collection of sewertile amassed during the 1960s and 1970s, many purchased directly from the potters themselves. A raised area on the underside keeps the doorstop from sitting flat. A few small, typical firing cracks. Some minor base chips. L 9 1/2".
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