There have been some exciting nineteenth century alkaline glazed stoneware face jugs made by African-Americans in South Carolina discovered in the Northeast recently, including examples found in Rhode Island and in New York that I have written about on this website, although the rediscovery of this face jug is equally as exciting. In fact, this face jug just sold today at Chapel Street Auctions in Freeport, Maine, whereas it was recently found in the attic of an old house in New Hampshire.
Furthermore, while holding this jug this afternoon, I was really in awe of the bold large thumb impression left on the front of the jug just below the bottom lip. I cannot recall having seen a thumb mark exactly like this before, which for me represents a great deal of American history and the potter who manufactured this object. It is really an outstanding characteristic!
Nonetheless, the jug sold for $34,800 including the buyer's premium to Georgia collectors Doug and Brenda Howard.
Note: For more information about this type of production -- see two articles that I recently posted to this website about the exhibit, Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
MET Article: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2022/12/now-on-display-at-met-in-new-york-city.html
MFA, Boston Article: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2023/03/now-on-display-at-mfa-boston-hear-me.html
A Rediscovered 19th Century Face Jug From Edgefield, South Carolina
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The thumbprint gives the impression he's being choked.
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