Lot #: 478
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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 Sewertile Figure of an Elephant, Midwestern origin, late 19th or early 20th century, hand-modeled figure of an elephant with lop ears, impressed circular eyes, and indented detail to toes. A difficult-to-find form in American sewertile art, as most modelers tended to produce spaniels and lions. Wonderful folky form. Provenance: Jack and Susan Batdorff Collection; purchased in 1979 directly from Jack Adamson, early collector, author, and sewertile expert. Literature: Pictured in Jack E. Adamson, Illustrated Handbook of Ohio Sewer Pipe Folk Art, 1973. In-the-firing loss to trunk and tail. A small chip to one ear and very minor chip to one foot. L 8 3/4" ; H 4 1/8".
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