DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Face Jug

NameJug

Artist or maker Burlon B. Craig (American, 1914 - 2002)

Collective/Group NEA National Heritage Fellow

CultureAmerican South

Date1982, vendor

Place madeNorth Carolina, United States, North America

MediumCeramic (stoneware, china), glaze

Dimensions15 3/16 × 10 5/8 × 10 5/8 in. (38.5 × 27 × 27 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the International Folk Art Foundation

Object numberA.1982.48.5

Collections

NEA National Heritage Fellows

DescriptionFace jug with two handles. Ears, nose, lips, moustache, eyes and eyebrows are clay, teeth are of broken china. The neck is narrow, with large handles on either side. Two straight lines enclose three wavy lines around the shoulder of the jug.