Face Jug

NameFace Jug

Artist Mary Ferguson

Date8/1/2011

MediumCeramic (stoneware), electric kiln fired, colored slip glaze, china plate shards

Dimensions7 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (19.7 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2012.27.13

Object numberFA.2012.27.13

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionBrown face jug with 5 white china shard teeth. Protruding ears, lips, nose, eyebrows, eyelashes. Eyebrows and eyelashes are incised. Three incised bands encircle neck bottom. There are a few faint gray drips. Strap handle. Signed on bottom "Mary-Stanley Ferguson Gillsville GA 8-11"