Lot #: 346
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 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.
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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