Lot #: 140
Price Realized: $720.00
($600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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 George Ohr Pottery Chicken Waterer, Stamped "G.E. OHR, / Biloxi, Miss., late 19th century, ovoid beehive form with button-shaped finial and attached saucer for watering, the shoulder impressed with George Ohr maker's mark. The only chicken waterer from this highly important American ceramicist that we have seen. A 3/4" hole in one side. A 1/2" chip to finial. A vertical crack to saucer, continuing 2" onto underside, where it forms a T. A 2 3/4" line to shoulder/finial. Some exfoliation to saucer and body of waterer. H 10".
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