Object Details
- Artist
- Michael Crocker, born Lula, GA 1956
- Melvin Crocker, born Lula, GA 1959
- Luce Center Label
- Working with his brother Melvin, Michael Crocker created face jugs, grape pitchers, and snake jugs from local clay and handmade glazes. They started with traditional forms and in Michaels words "pushed them to the limit." (Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector's Guide, 1996) In this piece the snake becomes much more than just decoration. Michael threw the hollow form, and Melvin then modeled the rattlesnake and coiled it around the pot. The brothers worked together until 1999, when Melvin left to set up his own shop.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase
- 1994
- Object number
- 1997.124.152
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Folk Art
- Medium
- fired and glazed clay
- Dimensions
- 12 5/8 x 9 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (32.1 x 24.8 x 27.0 cm)
- See more items in
- 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
- Animal\reptile\snake
- Record ID
- saam_1997.124.152
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7eb78182e-1387-4a6b-bd6e-2147469bce09
