Lot #: 380
Price Realized: $264.50
($230 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 15 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug, Signed "Chester Hewell," Gillsville, GA, circa 1980, wheel-thrown jug with applied facial features, puffed cheeks, and protruding lower jaw, the eyes produced from white clay and teeth produced from porcelain. Surface covered in a brownish alkaline glaze. Incised "Chester Hewell" on underside. Mint condition. H 9 1/2".
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