Alabama Stoneware Face Jug, late 19th century, Exhibition History

Spring 2024 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 377

Price Realized: $720.00

($600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Painted Stoneware Face Jug, AL origin, late 19th century, semi-ovoid form with recessed shoulder and rounded top in the form of a man's head with applied features, including semi-circular forehead, circular eyes with broken china pupils, open mouth with china teeth, and rounded chin. Original opening for pouring in reverse of head. Remnants of handle terminals visible at the sides of the vessel indicate the jug was originally made with open handles simulating the figure's arms. A brown glaze is applied in a band at the base and sporadic spots of glaze appear elsewhere, all as-made. Surface covered in a likely-original black paint including a lighter-painted area with black-painted buttons on the chest. Red paint accents the mouth. Exhibited: Clay Body – Pottery and Stoneware of the Southeast, Auburn University, 2023. Provenance: Three old cataloguing stickers on underside, one reading, "TEMPORARY LOAN / THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM." Brunk Auctions, January 2017. Handles missing. Spout lost, possibly during the firing. Nose missing. Losses to teeth. Wear to surface. Shallow base chips. H 10 1/2".

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