Lot #: 339
Price Realized: $316.25
($275 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Fine Molded Figure of a Spaniel with Brown-Slip Spot Decoration, Ohio origin, circa 1890, molded figure of a Cavalier King Charles spaniel with incised details to face and paws, the surface decorated with reddish-brown highlights over a Bristol-slip-coated ground. Figure is seated atop an octagonal plinth with molded relief decoration of a hound chasing a stag, leaves, and tree stumps. A similar dog at the National Ceramic Museum in Roseville, OH was made by Henry E. Merrill of the Akron Pottery Co., circa 1861-1888. A robust figure with appealing glaze and good publication history. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor decades ago. Literature: Illustrated in William C. Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, Henry Holf and Company, New York, 1991, p. 127. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 9 3/4".
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