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A face jug is a jug pottery which depicts a face. Early examples date from the 14th century,^[1] with production of modern versions in the US states of North and South Carolina and Georgia started in the 1940s.^[2]

The Coventry Herbert Art Gallery and Museum exhibits a rare medieval face jug unearthed beside the site of the local Benedictine priory.^[1]

List of American makers of face jugs

American art potters who create face jugs include:

Burlon Craig (1914-2002) and
Robert A. Crook
Jerry Dolyn Brown
Charles Lisk from the Catawba Valley Pottery
Lanier Meaders (1917-1998)
William A. Flowers
Rob Withrow of Smoke in the Mountains Pottery and John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina
Jason Mahlke
Clayton Bailey ^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Goulden, Barbara. THE HERBERT REVEALS ALL Coventry Telegraph 30 October 2008
^ Ketchum, William C. (2003). "JUGS, FACE". The Encyclopedia of American Folk Art. Cynthia Parzych Publishing, Inc.
^ http://www.claytonbailey.com/jugheads.htm

External links

Selections of nineteenth-century Afro-American Art, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on face jugs

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[Cov-1] Goulden, Barbara. THE HERBERT REVEALS ALL Coventry Telegraph 30 October 2008

[2] Ketchum, William C. (2003). "JUGS, FACE". The Encyclopedia of American Folk Art. Cynthia Parzych Publishing, Inc.

[3] ttp://www.claytonbailey.com/jugheads.htm

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List of American makers of face jugs

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