Lot #: 137
Price Realized: $510.00
($425 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Sewer Tile Pig Bank, Midwestern U.S. origin, probably Ohio, 20th century, a large-sized figural bank with incised details to face and carved slot in back. Literature: Illustrated in Adamson, Illustrated Handbook of Sewer Pipe Folk Art. Provenance: Ex-Corwin Collection. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 9 3/4".
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