Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain

Face Jug

Artist unknown · c. 1860

Provenance

Ownership history

With Diana and Gary Stradling, New York, NY, c. 1960 to 2006; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2006.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Literature

Charles G. Zug, III, The Traditional Pottery of North Carolina (University of North Carolina Press, 1981).
John A. Burrison, Brothers in Clay (University of Georgia Press, 1983).
Charles G. Zug, III, Turners and Burners: The Folk Potters of North Carolina (University of North Carolina, 1986).
Cinda K. Baldwin, Great and Noble Jar: Traditional Stoneware of South Carolina, (McKissick Museum/University of South Carolina Press, 1993).
Nancy Sweezy, Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition (University of North Carolina Press, 1994).
Annual Report (Art Institute of Chicago, 2005–2006), 22 (ill. p. 29).
Frances McQueeney–Jones Mascolo, "For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago," Antiques and The Arts Weekly, August 3, 2012, 1, 30–1 (ill.).
Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 31.

Comparables

[Group of 42 Stereograph Views From the London Stereoscopic Company, 1860-1870, Many Hand-Colored to Illustrate Books]