Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1917-1998
Preview
Medium
Ceramic
Signature
Bottom
Identification #
1985.001.0041
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: S4D
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
From James Carley's notes: Double-faced jug of stoneware, 10 1/2" high, with four devil's horns, 2 handles, 4 ears. Gloss green alkaline glaze. Buff body. White inlaid eyes and teeth. Signed Lanier Meaders on the bottoms. He said, "scary for Baptists". Purchase at the Mossy Creek Pottery.
From Text Panel:
Working in Georgia, Lanier Meaders was best known for his grotesque "face jugs" and was among the most prominent of Southern folk potters. For several years. the pieces by Meaders, along with other folk pottery, was stored in an unlocked closet within stacked cardboard boxes. After locating them in 2005, the boxed pottery was moved to a secured art repository. The inventory of the entire folk pottery collection was also missing, but it has since been retrieved and all pieces in this collection can now be identified.
Condition
Excellent