Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur child's drawing and structurally very sound

and structurally very sound

handle alone 7 7/8" long

with a huge presence

Case snaps tightly closed

Fabulous Redware Pottery Folk Art Sheep (Lid) with Extruded Fur child's drawing and structurally very soundI 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