Lot #: 377
Price Realized: $420.00
($350 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug with Applied Lizard, Signed "Chester Hewell," Gillsville, GA, fourth quarter 19th century, ovoid jug with hand-modeled and applied clay face including kaolin eyes with cobalt pupils, eyebrows, small nose, rounded ears, chin, and mouth with broken china teeth. Head with applied lizard featuring one cobalt-decorated kaolin eye. Surface covered in an olive-colored alkaline glaze. Underside incised with Chester Hewell signature. Provenance: Carl and Marian Mullis Collection. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 9 3/4".
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