Very Rare "Lanier Meaders" Stoneware Face Wig Stand, Cleveland, GA, c1970s-80s

Spring 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 352

Price Realized: $7,200.00

($6,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Very Rare Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Wig Stand, Signed "Lanier Meaders," Cleveland, GA, circa 1970s-1980s, ovoid form with narrow opening and flaring base, decorated with a hand-modeled and applied clay face including kaolin eyes with black-slip pupils, incised eyelids and eyebrows, ears, a curved nose, a scalloped smiling mouth, and rounded chin. Original hole in underside, formed on the potter's wheel. Surface covered in a dark-olive alkaline glaze. Underside incised with Lanier Meaders signature. Among Meaders's rarest forms, this lot is the first wig stand by this potter that we have ever offered. Provenance: Daryl Barksdale; Frank W. White Collection. Excellent condition with a minor in-the-firing contact mark above proper left ear and a glaze scratch on reverse. H 12 1/8".