This is another object that we found in Maine over the weekend, although I'm not sure where it was made and possibly who the potter may have been. But this is what I do know - this Southern stoneware face jug was not intended to have been manufactured into a lamp, and rather it ended up this way because the handle broke at some point, where it was then taken to a lamp manufacture sometime between the 1960s-1990s and made into a lamp. The lamp company's sticker is still adhered to the base, reading, "Lamps N' Things / Marietta, GA."
I attempted to take the lamp apart yesterday in order to see if the jug was signed, but I decided to leave it as is because in the process I would have destroyed the lamp. I would rather keep it this way and use it as a lamp.
The stoneware face jug is entirely covered in a brown slip (perhaps an Albany? slip) - whereas, the eyes seem to be salt-glazed with some cobalt added. I'm hoping someone reading this may recognize the maker or possibly the family and be able to provide some information about the origin of this object.
Update: This jug has been identified as having been made by Roger Corn in North Georgia.
A Stoneware Face Jug Found Over the Weekend in Southern Maine
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