Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1917-1998
Title of Work
Preview
Medium
Stoneware
Identification #
1985.001.0042
Height
9"
Width
8"
Depth
8"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: S4D
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
From James Carley's notes: Face jug of stoneware c. 9" high, with a broad nose, thick negroid lips. White inlaid eyes with whitish glaze dripping from eyes and one nostril. ("has a bad cold") Dark olive gloss alkaline glaze. Red body. Signature, Lanier Meaders on the base almost obscured by a tan glaze of some sort. Purchased at the Mossy Creek Pottery. See image for more details.
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.