Lanier Meaders Glazed Stoneware Face Jug
Auction Date: July 16, 2022
Estimate: Estimate: 800 - 1200
Sold for: $984
Lot: 18
Mossy Creek, Georgia.
Mid 20th Century.
Quillan Lanier Meaders (Georgia, US 1917 - 1998). Glazed stoneware face jug with surprised appearance. White ceramic eyeballs with black pupils, white ceramic teeth in open mouth under lip, Kink to nose, bulb end. ear handles below spout, applied strap handle. Streaky green-black glaze on brown red stoneware body.
Incised signature in script to underside, Lanier Meaders.
Approximate dimensions: 8 3/4 inches high..
Condition: Overall condition is very good. Ceramic blow out with coin sized loss of glaze, left of mouth, toward right ear. Blob of clay, and another smaller one, to rear of jug, near right side of handle. typical light pitting, rough areas and streaky glaze.
Lanier Meaders, of Mossy Creek Georgia, is a member of the Meaders family of face jug makers. The Meaders Face Jugs are among the most famous of Southern stoneware face jugs. At times whimsical, off-putting and curious, collectors have found the face jugs of Lanier Meaders irresistible.