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

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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.