Lot #: 234
Price Realized: $2,832.00
($2,400 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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.
Fine Early Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Signed "Lanier Meaders", Cleveland, GA, circa 1970, ovoid jug with hand-modeled face, including deeply-depressed front and sides, closed mouth with pouty lips, crimped ears, and balled kaolin eyes with dark pupils. Surface covered in an olive-green alkaline glaze. Underside incised with Lanier Meaders maker's mark. Among the finer Meaders face jugs that we have offered, produced relatively early, and featuring a highly expressive face with dramatic manipulation of the body of the jug. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 8 1/2".
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