Lot #: 347
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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.
Two Sewertile Boy's Head Sculptures, Ohio origin, 20th century, both produced from the same mold, a glazed example, paired an unglazed example in the form of a bank with slot in top of head, paired with a glazed example. Both with original, open undersides. Provenance: From a recently-surfaced collection of sewertile amassed during the 1960s and 1970s, many purchased directly from the potters themselves. Glazed example with a small base chip and a glaze drip to base. Bank in excellent, essentially as-made condition. H (of bank) 3 3/4".
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