Lot #: 480
Price Realized: $295.00
($250 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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.
Two Stoneware Face Jugs, Signed "Marie Rogers", Meansville, GA origin, late 20th century, both with brown-glazed surfaces and incised "Marie Rogers" signatures on underside; one in the form of a devil's head with applied teeth and cobalt-decorated eyes including glass runs, the sides of the jug incised, "Get Thee Up into the High Mountain" and "Shall Come Against Him Like a Whirlwind". the reverse incised "Shall Pursue him with Pestilence and blood"; the other of small size with black eyes and applied teeth. Excellent condition. H (of devil jug) 7 3/8".
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