New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Swirlware Face Jug

Maker Burlon Craig

Manufacturer B. B. Craig Pottery (American)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1990

MediumAlkaline glazed stoneware

DimensionsOverall: 17 x 32 1/2 in. (43.2 x 82.6 cm)

InscribedStamped on bottom: "B. B. Craig/Vale, N.C."

Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds

Object number92.24

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 223

DescriptionThis is an alkaline-glazed stoneware grotesque face jug with applied handles, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and teeth. The eyes and teeth are glazed white. The jug is glazed in a swirl design of white, brown, and green alkaline glaze. There are numerous firing cracks.

Exhibition History"Southern Pottery from the Collection of The Chrysler Museum", Norfolk, VA, March 3/4 - May 29, 1994.