Lot #: 61
Price Realized: $402.50
($350 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 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.
Rare Redware Bird-on-Stump Match or Pipe Holder, Pennsylvania origin, 19th century, figure of a bird perched between two hollowed stumps designed to serve as match or pipe holders. Hand-modeled bird incised with numerous scale-like feather strokes, its eyes produced from impressed circles, and tail impressed with larger circles. Stumps heavily-incised to simulate tree bark. Base embellished with impressed circles. Surface covered in a lead glaze. Impressed "10" on underside. Highly unusual form with profuse incised detail. Restoration to portion of beak and tail. Wear to base, including base chips and a 1" shallow base flake visible primarily on underside. Wear to glaze on much of surface, which appears to have been intentionally darkened. H 3 7/8" ; Diameter (of base) 3 1/2".
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