Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur child's drawing Case snaps tightly closed

Case snaps tightly closed

old postcard

as the trunk is not a spout

handle alone 7 7/8" long

though more ornately carved than others I've seen

Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur child's drawing Case snaps tightly closedI 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