Coverlet

Alabama

19th century

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Tall, baluster-shaped face jug of tan stoneware covered with a darker alkaline glaze, with lopsided ears and applied, prominent eyebrows, the brown eyes protrude from their sockets and are highlighted with white glaze, the nose has large, flared nostrils, the wide mouth shows a goofy grin with six upper, square white teeth, the double lower lip with four square white teeth on each side, with a handle in back, two gray streaks of glaze run down the backside, the entire body with flecks of blue.
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