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Object Details
- Artist
- Evan Javan Brown, Sr., born Buckhead, GA 1897-died NC 1980
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- Davis P. Brown, the founder of Brown's Pottery and Javan's brother, made the company's first devil jug in the early 1920s, which he placed outside the store's door to attract attention. Javan Brown probably crafted this face jug in his own workshop in Valdese, North Carolina. He made the teeth from pieces of broken plate, and used a thick black glaze to emphasize the face's ugly features.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- ca. 1974
- Object number
- 1986.65.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Folk Art
- Medium
- glazed stoneware
- Dimensions
- 7 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (18.1 x 12.9 x 14 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Decorative Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure\fragment\face
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.27
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7962e3ea5-e01f-4427-841c-feb772be4f63
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