DepartmentLatin America
Face Jug
NameFace jug
Artist
A. G. (Alva Gusta) Meaders
(1923 - 1994)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1992
Place madeMossy Creek, GEORGIA, United States, North America
Mediumceramic, alkaline glaze, porcelain
Dimensions6 3/4 × 5 × 5 3/8 in. (17.145 × 12.7 × 13.6525 cm)
Credit LineGift of Laurie and Michael Vander Velde
Object numberA.2025.22.1
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Michael Crocker’s pottery workshop, Lula, Georgia, 2015
DescriptionA ceramic jug with a sculpted face and a handle at the back. The ceramic is glazed green with the bottom half inch unglazed. The jug has a thin neck and ovaloid body. The face has white ceramic eyes, five teeth, and incised eyebrows and eyelashes. The bottom of the jug has an incised artist's signature.
Burlon B. Craig