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Object Details
- Artist
- Burlon Craig, born Hickory, NC 1914-died Vale, NC 2002
- Luce Center Label
- During Prohibition, face jugs were used to store whiskey and were often made with ugly features to scare children away from sneaking a taste. Burlon Craig made the blue glaze on this pot using ground glass, oak ash, clay, and water found near his home in Catawba Valley. After he molded his jugs on a foot-powered wheel and gave them their first firing, Craig would “dip ‘em in a drum of glaze, let some run inside, and give ‘em a roll.” (Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia, 1990)
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase
- after 1974
- Object number
- 1997.124.150
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Folk Art
- Medium
- glazed stoneware with porcelain
- Dimensions
- 18 5/8 x 12 3/8 x 13 in. (47.3 x 31.4 x 33.0 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Decorative Arts
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 28B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure\fragment\face
- Record ID
- saam_1997.124.150
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7bb6b3f7d-9d95-4ec1-b176-2ffcdcff10a9
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