Lot #: 347
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.
Two Sewertile Boy's Head Sculptures, Ohio origin, 20th century, both produced from the same mold, a glazed example, paired an unglazed example in the form of a bank with slot in top of head, paired with a glazed example. Both with original, open undersides. Provenance: From a recently-surfaced collection of sewertile amassed during the 1960s and 1970s, many purchased directly from the potters themselves. Glazed example with a small base chip and a glaze drip to base. Bank in excellent, essentially as-made condition. H (of bank) 3 3/4".
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