Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur toy soldier skittles leaving plenty of room for

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

just light wear around the edges

I'm not completely certain the age of the form but it is most definitely very old

a pretty terrific display object I think

My photos are not great (I'm better equipped to document smaller things than large ones

Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur toy soldier skittles leaving plenty of room forI 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