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Russell Crook for Grueby Faience Company
Rare and Large tile with elephants
Rare and Large tile with elephants
USA, c. 1900
glazed earthenware 11¾ h × 26¾ w in (30 × 68 cm)
glazed earthenware 11¾ h × 26¾ w in (30 × 68 cm)
estimate: $9,000–14,000
result: $50,000
provenance: Important Private Collection, New York
literature: The Ceramics of William H. Grueby, Montgomery, pg. 60 "Grueby's Jungle Book Tiles," Montgomery, Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, Vol. 29, ppg. 6-7
A similarly modeled and glazed tile featuring a panther is held in the permanent collection of the Two Red Roses Foundation, St. Petersburg.
This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.