(William Thomas Belah Gordy, Alvaton, Aberdeen, and Greenville, Georgia, 1877-1955) circa 1950, Albany slip glaze, applied facial features including inset eyes, pronounced lips, broad flat nose, long spout, arched tailed strap handle, 5-3/4 in.
Provenance: Giampietro, New Haven, Connecticut, 2004 (accompanied by a copy of invoice); From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
Note: For a related face jug see Brothers in Clay: The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery, by John A. Burrison, pg.111, color plate 1.
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Giampietro, New Haven, Connecticut, 2004 (accompanied by a copy of invoice); From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
glaze voids and anomalies as made, some surface wear, eight glaze frits to rim, other glaze frits at handle, firing separations as made to lower body and handle tail, glaze anomalies on lips, kiln debris on base, otherwise good condition
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