Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

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Face Jug

about 1860
Unknown Maker
Made at Thomas Davies Pottery
Overall: 21.6 x 17.8 x 18.4 cm (8 1/2 x 7 x 7 1/4 in.)
Stoneware, alkaline (ash) glaze; kaolin clay inserts

Classification: Ceramics

Object Place: South Carolina

Accession number: 2011.1807

Description: Face vessel with handle at top and spout at rear. Eyes and teeth made from unglazed white kaolin set in greenish-glazed earthenware body. Proper right ear has an old loss at the top.

Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown. About 1997, sold by Tony L. Shank, Marion, S.C., to John Axelrod, Boston; 2011, sold by Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: June 22, 2011)

The John Axelrod Collection—Frank B. Bemis Fund, Charles H. Bayley Fund, and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection