Lot #: 181
Price Realized: $720.00
($600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Glazed Redware Face Pipe, Inscribed "D L S," PA origin, 19th century, wheel-thrown semi-ovoid form with hand-modeled and applied clay face including incised eyes, nostrils, and mouth, fashioned with three applied tubular stems. Surface decorated with streaks of manganese and covered in a clear lead glaze. Reverse incised "D L S." Missing one stem. Losses to rim. Some wear to tips of stems and face. H 3".
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