(Gillsville, Hall County, Georgia, 1993) runny green alkaline ash glaze, applied facial features, white kaolin eyes with cobalt pupils, broken china teeth, inscribed on base "April 24 1993, Harold Hewell, Gillsville Ga.", 9-1/2 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: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 123, cat. no. 240, Burrison writes, "Although Harold's father, Maryland Hewell, is thought to have made face jugs, Harold did not learn to make them from him but had to consult his grandson, Matthew, for instruction! This is one of the few he has made."

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: Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 61, cat. no. 240