Lot #: 233
Price Realized: $2,006.00
($1,700 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
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Fine Alkaline-Glazed Double Face Jug with Rock Teeth, Signed "Lanier Meaders," Cleveland, GA, circa 1970, Rare Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Double Face Jug, ovoid jug with applied double handles, decorated on each side with a hand-modeled face with rock teeth, kaolin eyes, and black-glazed pupils. One face is smiling, while the other looks indifferent. Surface covered in a mottled olive-green alkaline glaze. Incised on underside "Lanier Meaders". A fine and early example by Georgia's most esteemed 20th century folk potter. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, which recently surfaced in a MA collection. Excellent, as-made condition. H 10".
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