Baby Shirt

Alabama

About 1900

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Silver cann, or mug, of baluster form on molded circular foot, with double C-scroll handle capped with an applied acanthus leaf as thumb rest, inscribed with on one side the monogram AS in script over L and on the handle S over A*A.
Face jug of tan stoneware covered with a mottled brown glaze with mustard yellow drips, the two ears protrude from the sides, with large white eyes and a long nose, the open mouth is below a dark, curved moustache and reveals three large white porcelain teeth, with a handle in back.
Cup or Mug, Miller Pottery, Alabama, Perry County, stoneware with Albany or Michigan slip and white feldspar glaze, blue pieces tinted with cobalt
A press-molded circular pitcher with matte green galze, with a broad spout and tall neck decorated in relief with a grapevine motif. The handle is in the form of a greyhound, which appears to be climbing into the jug. The body is decorated in relief with hunting scenes: hounds attacking a stag on one side and mastiffs attacking a boar on the other.