(Cleveland, Georgia, 1897-1989) circa 1950s to 1960s, hand turned body, neck and base, hand modeled head with crest, scalloped tail, legs and feet, speckled tannish glaze to upper body, creamy runny grey glaze to lower body, extensive olive green, cobalt, and greenish brush applied slip decoration to most of body representing variations in plumage, olive slip also applied to crest, eyes, beak, and feet, unsigned, 11 x 16 in.
Provenance: The Sally and Paul Hawkins Collection
Note: Exhibited in Georgia Clay: Pottery Of The Folk Tradition, at the Museum of Arts and Sciences Macon, Georgia from July 29 - November 26, 1989, featured in the exhibit catalog on pg. 30, figure 43, #104.
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The Sally and Paul Hawkins Collection
glaze voids and anomalies as made, chip to point of crest, losses of two tail points, small chips to three others, two miniscule glaze frits to other points, spalling on base, otherwise good condition
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