Form: Wheel-thrown stoneware jug with ovoid body, short collared neck, and two applied lug handles that are shaped like ears. The ribbed / corduroy lines are the throw rings from the wheel left exposed.
Face: Applied / sculpted 3D face - bulging buggy eyes with pierced pupils, big applied nose, wavy mouth and tongue/goatee. Sometimes called an "ugly jug" - they were originally made to scare kids, or for fun, and now are highly collectible folk art.
Glaze: That speckled oatmeal / tobacco-spit brown glaze. It's a manganese-flecked brown stoneware glaze often called "frogskin" or "oatmeal" - very typical for North Carolina / Georgia / Tennessee studio potters. Glossy inside and out.
Condition: Excellent - no visible chips to the applied features, no hairlines. That's important because the nose / eyes often get knocked.
Form: Wheel-thrown stoneware jug with ovoid body, short collared neck, and two applied lug handles that are shaped like ears. The ribbed / corduroy lines are the throw rings from the wheel left exposed.
Face: Applied / sculpted 3D face - bulging buggy eyes with pierced pupils, big applied nose, wavy mouth and tongue/goatee. Sometimes called an "ugly jug" - they were originally made to scare kids, or for fun, and now are highly collectible folk art.
Glaze: That speckled oatmeal / tobacco-spit brown glaze. It's a manganese-flecked brown stoneware glaze often called "frogskin" or "oatmeal" - very typical for North Carolina / Georgia / Tennessee studio potters. Glossy inside and out.
Condition: Excellent - no visible chips to the applied features, no hairlines. That's important because the nose / eyes often get knocked.