Chicken

NameSculpture

Artist or maker Charles Moore

Workshop Jugtown Pottery

Date1999

Place madeSeagrove, North Carolina, United States, North America

MediumCeramic, glazed (wood fired combination salt glazed and copper glazed stoneware)

Dimensions8 1/16 × 3 1/8 × 7 5/16 in. (20.4 × 8 × 18.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2012.55.1

Object numberFA.2012.55.1

DescriptionRooster with buff body and red and green head and tail. Red and green glaze has more of a shiny finish. Chicken has curved part of tip of tail , extended comb and beak, and wattles. Wings and feathers have been drawn onto the body, and feet are visible on the base. There are two protuding eyes Two " Jugtown Ware " stamps are on the bottom 1999 is also stamped. Signed on bottom.