Artist:

Quillan Lanier Meaders, born Mossy Creek, GA 1917-died Mossy Creek, GA 1998  Search this

Medium:

glazed stoneware and stones

Dimensions:

9 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (23.5 x 21.6 x 20.5 cm)

Type:

Decorative Arts-Ceramic

Folk Art

Date:

ca. 1972

Luce Center Label:

The Meaders family pottery has made face jugs since it opened in 1893, using locally dug clays, foot-powered wheels, and homemade glazes. Quillan Lanier Meaders never understood the huge popularity of his face jugs, saying that the people who bought them must be "just crazy to start with" (The News and Observer, North Carolina, 1993). This piece is a devil jug, with pointed ears, slanting eyes, and small horns.

Luce Object Quote:

"Well, pottery like this, the way it's done, old way, it's not a thing in the world but just man-killing work from start to finish." Quillan Lanier Meaders, 1967, The Meaders Family, North Georgia Potters, Smithsonian Folklife Studies

Topic:

Figure\head  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Object number:

1986.65.28

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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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

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7f738d3fd-7a74-4d73-8191-e95b2fa2ce36

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1986.65.28