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Handmade Signed and Dated Terracotta/Earthenware Pottery Tile Fragment

1920s · Unknown individual potter or studio

Estimated value: $5–$50 if by an unknown maker; potentially much higher if provenance and authenticity of a notable signature can be verified

The 1920s saw a flourishing of studio pottery and artist ceramics across Europe and America, as craftspeople embraced handmade earthenware as a reaction against industrial mass production. Individual potters and small ceramic studios signed and dated their work as a mark of authenticity and artistic intent, a practice that became standard among art potters during this modernist period.

Value depends almost entirely on whether the signature can be authenticated — if genuinely signed by a notable artist the value would be dramatically different, but without provenance and expert authentication, this is likely a decorative or student pottery piece of modest value.

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