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Lot 816

Chester Hewell Devil Jug

Estimate: $400 - $600

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(Gillsville, Georgia, b. 1950) unusual glaze with runny green and black glaze runs over a paint rock style orangish brown alkaline glaze, applied facial features including twisted horns, thin pinched curved nose, open mouth with broken china teeth, pronounced chin and ears, short spout with short applied strap handle, inscribed on base "Chester Hewell", 10-1/2 in.

Provenance: The Collection of Carl and Marian Mullis

Note:

Literature: Manoguerra, Paul A.ÿAmen, Amen: Religion and Southern Self-Taught Artists in the Mullis Collection. 2014, Ill. pg. 40

Condition

glaze voids and anomalies as made, sticker residue to back surface, good condition

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