Lot #: 331
Price Realized: $265.50
($225 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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 Face Pipe, attributed to the Singer Pottery, Haycock Township, Bucks County, PA, second half 19th century, hand-carved pipe with relief decoration of a man's face with crown or stylized hair. Surface covered in a blackish lead-and-manganese glaze. This folk art pipe was likely designed after molded ceramic examples of the period, depicting figures with various ornamental head coverings. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, discovered by a Singer family descendant in the 1950s in one of several boxes stored away in the eaves of the Singer Pottery warehouse. Some wear to surface and rim of bowl. H 2" ; L 2 5/8".
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