Hewell family pieces, Gillsville, Hall County, Georgia, circa 1980s and 1990s, Matthew Hewell face jug, runny green alkaline ash glaze, white clay eyes, broken china teeth, signed and dated "86" on base, 5-1/4 in.; Nathaniel Hewell face jug with green alkaline glaze, rutile coloring throughout, white clay eyes, broken china teeth, signed on base, circa 1992, 7-1/4 in.; smaller Nathaniel Hewell face jug, green and brown alkaline glaze, white clay eyes, broken china teeth, signed on base, 4-3/4 in.; small Grace Nell Hewell face jug, runny green alkaline ash glaze, kaolin eyes with cobalt pupils, small broken china teeth, signed and dated on base "12-21-1994", 3-3/4 in.; Marie Rodgers, Meansville, Pike County, Georgia, circa 1993, Confederate Soldier, Albany slip and Gertstly borate glaze, sculpted figural, white clay teeth and eyes, applied features, inscribed "Marie Rodgers" on back, 9-3/4 in.; small Anita Meaders face jug, runny green alkaline glaze, tiny applied features, inscribed "Anita Meaders" on base, strap handle, flared spout, 2-3/4 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. 125, cat no. 238 Burrison writes, "This is one of a group of small face jugs made by Matthew, elder son of Chester Hewell, at age fourteen as he was saving for his first pickup truck. Now married with a son, Eli, he began potting when he was three and making salable wares at the age of five." Burrison also writes for cat. no. 239, "Nathaniel, Chester Hewell's younger son, made this piece at the age of fifteen. He and his brother, Matthew, now work full-time at Hewells Pottery." See catalog for descriptions for Rogers and Meaders pieces.

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. 61 top photo, cat. nos. 239 & 238, also pg. 31 cat. no. 11, and pg. 58, cat. no. 213.