Lot #: 209
Price Realized: $1,320.00
($1,100 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.
Extremely Rare Glazed Earthenware Squirrel Bottle, probably NC origin, late 19th or early 20th century, wheel-thrown bottle with bulbous spout molding, the surface decorated with hand-modeled and applied figural elements of a feeding squirrel. Incised details to tail. Pierced eyes. Clear-glazed surface decorated with manganese over a mottled yellow and olive ground. Exceptional form. Excellent condition with a small chip to one ear, old black paint to tips of ears, a minor black-painted base chip, and a very minor in-the-firing base chip. H 7".
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