Lot #: 507
Price Realized: $201.25
($175 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.
Five Southern Face Vessels, late 20th or early 21st century, a small jug with three faces, incised "I'm schizophrenic and so am I", signed "Berry", Ned Berry, GA origin; a small face jug with cobalt eyes, incised "Grace Nell Hewell / 2-12-1997"; a small face jug with large china teeth, stamped on underside "HANDMADE / OLD SOUTH POTTERY / ?"; a jug with protruding tongue, incised with a Jellico, TN signature; and a pitcher with handle in the form of an African-American man, incised on underside "Wilford Dean / 5/93". Two long vertical cracks to Dean pitcher. All in otherwise excellent, essentially as-made condition with some in-the-firing base chips to "OLD SOUTH POTTERY" pitcher. H (of pitcher) 9".
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