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MILES MILL POTTERY, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A GLAZED STONEWARE FACE JUG
Miles Mill Pottery, Aiken, South Carolina, mid to late 19th century
Baluster form the top with tall circular spout, the body decorated with applied and molded facial features including two rows of teeth
4in. high
Miles Mill Pottery, Aiken, South Carolina, mid to late 19th century
Baluster form the top with tall circular spout, the body decorated with applied and molded facial features including two rows of teeth
4in. high
Literature
Vlach, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Art (Cleveland, 1978), p. 84, fig. 75 and Plate VII.
Regenia Perry, Spirits or Satire: African-American Face Vessels of the 19th Century (Charleston, 1985), fig. 4.
Regenia Perry, Spirits or Satire: African-American Face Vessels of the 19th Century (Charleston, 1985), fig. 4.
Exhibited
New York, New York, IBM Gallery, "Early American Pottery," 22 September - 25 October 1969.
Charleston, South Carolina, Gibbes Art Gallery, "Spirits or Satire: African-American Face Vessels of the 19th Century," 1 October - 6 November 1985.
Charleston, South Carolina, Gibbes Art Gallery, "Spirits or Satire: African-American Face Vessels of the 19th Century," 1 October - 6 November 1985.