Lot #: 53
Price Realized: $488.75
($425 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 Glazed Redware Pig Flask, American, possibly PA or Midwestern origin, second half 19th century, with wonderful hand-modeled face, including applied pointed ears, open mouth, and circular eyes and nostrils. Large applied tail above opening in rear. Pig's legs applied in a reclining stance under its body. Surface covered in a heavy lead glaze over an olive ground with orange spotting. Excellent form. As-made condition with two large in-the-firing flakes, measuring 1 1/4" and 1", to back of rear legs. Long in-the-firing chips / contact mark to bottom of front legs. L 8 1/4".
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