Lot #: 489
Price Realized: $805.00
($700 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Signed "Lanier Meaders", Cleveland, GA origin, circa 1980, ovoid jug with applied smiling face including kaolin eyes and hand-modeled eyelashes along bottom edge of eyes. Surface covered in a dark, streaky alkaline glaze. Incised on underside "Lanier Meaders" on underside. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a series of shallow in-the-firing contact marks around base. H 10 1/2".
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