Lot #: 507
Price Realized: $201.25
($175 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.
Five Southern Face Vessels, late 20th or early 21st century, a small jug with three faces, incised "I'm schizophrenic and so am I", signed "Berry", Ned Berry, GA origin; a small face jug with cobalt eyes, incised "Grace Nell Hewell / 2-12-1997"; a small face jug with large china teeth, stamped on underside "HANDMADE / OLD SOUTH POTTERY / ?"; a jug with protruding tongue, incised with a Jellico, TN signature; and a pitcher with handle in the form of an African-American man, incised on underside "Wilford Dean / 5/93". Two long vertical cracks to Dean pitcher. All in otherwise excellent, essentially as-made condition with some in-the-firing base chips to "OLD SOUTH POTTERY" pitcher. H (of pitcher) 9".
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