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Emporium Auction | January 25, 2024

Thu, Jan 25, 2024 09:00AM EST
Lot 810

Large Signed Burlon Craig Face Jug

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Vale, North Carolina, 1914-2002) light and dark olive green runny alkaline glaze, cobalt blue melt runs down entire sides of jug from handles with cream highlights, applied facial features, broken china teeth, kaolin eyeballs with cobalt pupils, banded wavy line decoration at shoulder, "B.B. CRAIG" in script on back shoulder, large applied strap handles, large flared spout, 20-1/2 in.

Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection

Condition

glaze voids and anomalies as made, firing separations in clay around face, body of jar, base edge, and in rim as made, tape residue, otherwise great condition

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Private North Carolina Collection