Three Chalkware Animals (SOLD)
Pennsylvania
Second Half 19th Century
cast plaster of paris with original polychrome decoration
Ht. to 7 3/4"
the rooster faintly dated "1879" in the plaster
Provenance: Olde Hope Antiques, Inc. (the poodle)
Literature: Mary Allis, “The Last of the American Folk Arts,” American Collector (January, 1941). (the rooster)