(Mossy Creek, White County, Georgia, 1887-1967) circa 1950s, runny green alkaline flint glaze, creamy glaze runs on body, dark green glaze run down from handle, two incised lines at shoulder, applied angled strap handle from shoulder to straight spout, 9-3/4 in. 

Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

Note:Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 126, cat. no. 253, Burrison writes, "This was Cheever's water jug when working in the pottery shop, which had no running water."

Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024

Illustrated: From Mud to Jug: The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia, John Burrison, The University of Georgia Press, 2010, pg. 3, center jug