An American Folk Art stone carving of a recumbent sheep, c.1825, the rectangular integral base inscribed 1795, 9cm high, 13cm wide, 4cm deep Provenance: Acquired from F. Barrie Freeman Antiques Quaker Point Farm, Maine, 1989. The Geoffrey and Fay...
An American Folk Art stone carving of a recumbent sheep, c.1825, the rectangular integral base inscribed 1795, 9cm high, 13cm wide, 4cm deep Provenance: Acquired from F. Barrie Freeman Antiques Quaker Point Farm, Maine, 1989. The Geoffrey and Fay Elliot collection. Literature: Illustrated in Animal in American Folk Art, Wendy Larrett, Knopf, New York, 1990, p.19. "This carving was found in a trunk in a New England attic where it had lain undiscovered for many years. The '1785' inscription on the base...remains a mystery, since the sculpture is thought to date from the early 19th century, c. 1825".
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An American Folk Art stone carving of a recumbent sheep, c.1825, the rectangular integral base inscribed 1795, 9cm high, 13cm wide, 4cm deep Provenance: Acquired from F. Barrie Freeman Antiques Quaker Point Farm, Maine, 1989. The Geoffrey and Fay Elliot collection. Literature: Illustrated in Animal in American Folk Art, Wendy Larrett, Knopf, New York, 1990, p.19. "This carving was found in a trunk in a New England attic where it had lain undiscovered for many years. The '1785' inscription on the base...remains a mystery, since the sculpture is thought to date from the early 19th century, c. 1825".
Please refer to department for condition report