Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur toy soldier skittles I'm not completely certain the

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

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

flat metal pin and are fairly easily found) to open

the only flaw is a few white paint drips on the front of the owl

a pretty terrific display object I think

Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur toy soldier skittles I'm not completely certain theI 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