Rattlesnake Jug
Artist
Michael A. Crocker
Artist
Melvin S. Crocker
Manufacturer
Crocker Pottery
CultureAmerican
Date1993
MediumAlkaline glazed stoneware
DimensionsOverall: 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)
InscribedIncised on bottom: "Michael A. Crocker / & / Melvin S. Crocker / 1993"
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number93.22.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a dark-brown alkaline glazed stoneware baluster-shaped jug with applied "ear" shaped handle and restricted collared opening. The jug has an applied timber rattlesnake applied coiled around it. The snake is very realistic with scales in relief, a typical flat head and a set of seven rattles at the end of its tail. It is striped in its natural black-brown and dark yellow.Label TextMichael Crocker American (b. 1956), Jackson County, Georgia and Melvin S. Crocker American (b. 1959), Jackson County, Georgia Rattlesnake Jug, 1993 Alkaline glazed stoneware Museum Purchase 93.22.2 The Crocker brothers work together in Lula, Georgia, where they create wonderful sculptural jugs and other ceramics. Their realistically crafted rattlesnakes are popular with ceramic collectors, and because of the Museum's recent Southern pottery exhibitions, many works by these talented brothers have entered local collections. Edited By: GLYExhibition History"Southern Pottery from the Collection of The Chrysler Museum", Norfolk, VA, March 3/4 - May 29, 1994. "Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25, 1996 - March 2, 1997
1350-1520 CE
