Flight

Brenda Putnam

1941-1942

  • Titles Flight (Proper)
  • Artist Brenda Putnam, American, 1890 - 1975@Medallic Art Company, United States, founded 1903
  • Medium bronze
  • Dimensions 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. Diam. (0.6 × 7.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Patrick Cather, Shoal Creek, Alabama, in memory of his great childhood mentor and hero, Colonel Fort "Uncle Fortrum" Hambaugh, awarded the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Croix de Guerre and the Order of the British Empire for his heroic service as a World War 2 bomber pilot, AFI.79.2021
  • Work Type medal
  • Classification Medals

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Tall, slender face jug of tan stoneware covered with a drippy alkaline glaze, with two small ears sticking out on either side, a strong nose and two eyes high up on the shoulder of the jug, the mouth open and with four white teeth, on either side of the neck are two small loop handles that terminate in small, cartoonish, hands.
A figural jug depicting an African-American man with exaggerated facial features, particularly his caricatured lips, nose and ears. His curly hair is formed by incised repeating loops, resembling scribbles. He wears a cap, hoop earrings, shirt with a stand up collar (and single visible stud or button), cravat, and a coat with broad lapels and buttons impressed with “J. LEHMAN,” the maker’s name. A large, buckle-like square probably surrounded a paper label for whatever product the jug contained. The figure has arms, but no hands, and is rendered to appear as if his hands are shoved in the pockets of his coat. There are small air holes at the back of each arm to prevent an explosion during firing. The jug’s handle is a shaped like the number 9, and is finished (where the tail of the handle meets the body of the jug) with a mold-formed grape and grape leaf motif found in some of Lehman’s other decorated vessels. There appears to be an oval incised on the bottom of the vessel.
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