Lot #: 481
Price Realized: $57.50
($50 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.
Extremely Rare Sewertile Ewe and Lamb Doorstop, attributed to the National Tile Company, Anderson, Indiana, early 20th century, hand-modeled sewertile figures of a mother sheep with lamb, both with heavily-applied clay coats, large circular eyes, and protruding tongues, seated atop a sewertile brick. Most likely one of three known animal groupings on a sewertile brick produced by the National Tile Company. Provenance: Collection of Jack and Susan Batdorff. Various chips including chips to wool, a chip to tongue of ewe and lamb, a chip to left eye of ewe, and a chip to two corners of doorstop. Some additional small losses to two feet and tail of lamb, as well as one half of ewe's front foot. Lamb reglued to base. L 8 7/8" ; W 3 7/8" ; H 7 1/2".
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