Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Face Jug

Maker Lanier Meaders (1917-1998)

Manufacturer Meaders Pottery

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1988

MediumAlkaline glazed stoneware

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)

InscribedIncised on bottom: "Lanier / Meaders".

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number94.1.2

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 223

DescriptionThis is an alkaline glazed stoneware face jug. It is a globular jug with pushed-in face with applied ear-shaped handle and constricted opening. Grotesque man's face with applied features including blue and white ceramic eyes and white teeth. The glaze is a mottled and streaked olive color.

Label TextLanier Meaders American, Cleveland, Georgia (1917-1988) Face Jug, ca. 1988 Alkaline-glazed stoneware Museum Purchase 94.1.2 Approved By: CLFExhibition History"Southern Pottery from the Collection of The Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, March 3/4 - May 29, 1994.