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Emporium Auction | May 23, 2024

Thu, May 23, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 544

Large Burlon Craig Face Jug

Estimate: $300 - $600

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(Lincoln County, North Carolina, 1914-2002) runny olive green alkaline glaze, rutile melt runs to top of jar, lower lip, base edge, below right ear, and down from left ear, applied facial features, broken china teeth, articulated mustache and bushy eyebrows, applied rounded strap handles, flared rim, "B.B. CRAIG, VALE, N.C." on base, 18-1/2 in.

Provenance: Private Collection

Condition

glaze voids and anomalies as made, 1/4 in. chip to edge of ear, 3-1/2 in. piece of ear reattached with chips to glaze along crack line, adhesive residue

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Private Collection