Lot #: 96
Price Realized: $1,380.00
($1,200 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 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 Glazed Redware Figure of a Fox, possibly Solomon Bell, Strasburg, VA, third quarter 19th century, hand-modeled figure of a fox with large ears, large circular eyes, and incised bushy tail, seated on an oval base with circular-stamped border and floral-stamped center. Surface covered in a reddish-brown lead and manganese glaze. The leg construction, dramatically-arched back, and posture of the fox are stylistically very similar to three redware cat figures, all attributed to the Shenandoah Valley master potter, Solomon Bell. Two of these figures are pictured in H.E. Comstock's The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region, p. 232, and William Wiltshire's Folk Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley, p. 64. The third example was sold by Crocker Farm in October 2004. This particular animal form is rare among American redware figures, and no previous examples have been attributed to the Bells that we are aware of. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor in Pennsylvania during the 1980's. Losses to ears. Wear to nose. Losses to base and end of tail. Figure broken at the legs and reglued. H 4 3/8".
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