Extremely Rare John Meaders Double Face Devil Jug, Cleveland, GA

Spring 2024 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 393

Price Realized: $5,100.00

($4,250 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Extremely Rare Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Double Face Devil Jug, Signed and Dated "JOHN MEADERS / 23 / 4 / #9 / 2 FACE DEVIL," Cleveland, GA origin, late 20th century, ovoid jug with open strap handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a hand-modeled and applied devil's face featuring horns, pointed ears, hooked nose, smiling mouth with kaolin teeth, and kaolin eyes with vertical cobalt pupils. Surface covered in a mottled olive-green alkaline glaze. Relatively few John Meaders face jugs are known, and the devil form ranks among the potter's finest works. This example is made extraordinary by the application of his devil face on two sides. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 10 3/8".