(Mossy Creek, White County, Georgia, 1917-1998) circa 1968, short wide jug form, modified runny green crackle alkaline glaze, inset kaolin eyes, cobalt pupils, applied facial features including protruding nose and lips, small ears, incised eyelash decoration, thumb pressed sunken cheeks, short spout, applied strap handle, unsigned, 8-3/4 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: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 127, cat. no. 263, Burrison writes, "This experiment, in which Lanier caved in the jug wall to create sunken cheeks and humanize the face, initiated a more sculptural approach; Lanier was becoming a creative artist in his inherited tradition."

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: Brothers in Clay: The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 1983, color plate 11, and Ceramics in America, 2006, edited by Rob Hunter, Fluid Vessel: Journey of the Jug, John Burrison, pg 115, figure 41