Lot #: 326
Price Realized: $265.50
($225 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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 Pitcher, Stamped "B.B. CRAIG / VALE, N.C.", circa 1975, ovoid pitcher with flared collar and semi-rounded rim, decorated with a hand-modeled and applied clay face, including bulging eyes with eyebrows, large ears, a nose with pierced nostrils, and a mouth with china teeth. Incised details to eyebrows and upper lip, forming the figure's mustache. Surface covered in an olive-green alkaline glaze with rutile streaks to body. Underside impressed with B.B. Craig maker's mark. Mint condition. H 7 1/8".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceedingly Rare & Important Remmey, Philadelphia Stoneware Face Jug
Extremely Rare and Important Stoneware Face Jug, Edgefield, SC, circa 1860
Exceptional Edgefield District, SC Stoneware Face Jug, Lewis Miles' Stony Bluff Manufactory
Extremely Important Southern Stoneware African-American Preacher Face Vessel, Rock Mills, Alabama
Exceedingly Rare and Important Twenty-Gallon Stoneware Face Water Cooler
Important Samuel Bell (Shenandoah Valley, Strasburg, VA) Stoneware Face Pitcher
Rare and Important Edgefield, SC Stoneware Face Jug w/ Early Exhibition and Publication History
