Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur limoges porcelain Such a charming carving

Such a charming carving

I might guess 1950s or so but am not entirely sure

and which seems likely was produced in a fairly limited edition

The glass slides open easily and all is in good structural condition

alligatoring on the larger

Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur limoges porcelain Such a charming carvingI 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