(Gillsville, Hall County, Georgia, circa 1992) pendant sized face jug form, green alkaline ash glaze, tiny applied features, kaolin eyes and cobalt pupils, tiny handles at spout, 1-1/8 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. 108, cat. no. 16, Burrison writes, "The Hewell face jug tradition goes back to the early 1900s. Chester is Grace's son. He revived the family face jug tradition in 1975, inspired by Lanier Meaders success with the form."

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