(Jugtown, Upson/Pike Counties, Georgia, circa 1870) olive green alkaline lime glaze, ovoid jug body form, applied looping strap arm with five fingered hand at belly of jar, tapered ovoid head form, applied facial features including articulated high brow and chin, open mouth with pursed lips, pinched nose with nostrils, oval eyelids with pierced pupils, small ears, collared spout, 16 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. 122, cat. no. 206, Burrison writes "The missing arm held a pipe to the mouth. Figural jugs were later made by W.T.B. Gordy, who trained with the bishops, and by his own son D. X. Gordy."

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 58, cat. no. 206