$3,024
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Auction: May 18, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
Glazed earthenware
With two ear handles and an incised variation on Ohr's erotic "Molly" poem (see note below)
Signed to underside: "G E Ohr"
Museum accession number applied to underside: "L.S.OC.HK"
Provenance
Rago Auctions, Early 20th Century Design, Lambertville, New Jersey, May 18, 2019, Lot 1256
Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin
Note
Partly legible through the glaze, the incised text on the body of the present lot is a variation of an erotic poem Ohr is known to have applied to multiple pots. The common formulation of the poem reads: "Molly and I were on the beach engaged in nature's folly/the sand was hot upon my back/but the sun was hot to Molly."
Literature
Robert A. Ellison, George Ohr: Art Potter, Scala, London, 2006, p. 84 (related example illustrated)
"Appraisal: George Ohr pottery, ca. 1900", Antiques Roadshow, Season 14, Episode 20, WGBH-TV, aired December 19, 2010 (for a discussion of the "Molly" poem)