Figure Of A Boar
Maker
Reggie Meaders
(American)
CultureAmerican
Date1993
MediumAlkaline glazed stoneware
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (18.4 x 36.8 cm)
InscribedIncised on bottom: "Reggie/Meaders"
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number94.1.11
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an alkaline glazed stoneware object in the shape of a boar. The boar is glazed a shaded brown with applied ears, eyes and tusks. The glaze stops short on the feet leaving red clay exposed. The eyes are white with green pupils, and the tusks are white. The mouth has white ceramic teeth.Label TextReggie Meaders American (b. 1919), White County, Georgia Figure of a Boar, 1993 Alkaline glazed stoneware Museum Purchase 94.1.11 A member of one of Georgia's most respected family of folk potters, Reggie Meaders produces whimsical figurative pottery like this 1993 Figure of a Boar. Each of the six boars Meaders has created possesses a different facial expression. A companion piece to the Museum's boar is found in a local private collection. Edited By: GLYExhibition History"Southern Pottery from the Collection of The Chrysler Museum," 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.
