Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur toy soldier skittles 9 1/8" x 7 1/2"

9 1/8" x 7 1/2" x 1/4"

a pretty terrific display object I think

just light wear around the edges

12 3/8" x 8 3/8" x 1 1/2" Great structural condition

leaving plenty of room for more geometry should one be so inclined

Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur toy soldier skittles 9 1/8" x 7 1/2"I found this one in Maine this week and have a sense that it is quite a special one a real piece of American folk art I think, I might guess Pennsylvania, which appears to have some good age to it (late 19th c. would not surprise me). I believe it likely once sat atop a pottery jar as a lid, with the lip around its bottom fitting inside the lip of the jar. I take it for a sheep with this abundant coat of extruded clay for fleece and hand sculptured