Jar

Randolph County, Alabama, or Cleburne County, Alabama

1880-1900

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Sunburst quilt
Small face jug of red stoneware covered with a dark brown opaque glaze, the two large ears protrude from the sides of the face, the eyes are wideset and dark, the nose is large and bulbous, with raised eyebrows, the open mouth below a rounded mustache reveals six white, crooked teeth, with incised decoration around the spout and on the handle.
Floral group comprised of a narrow bud vase of clear glass with a pattern of green and brown threads and cross-hatching, with one upright flower with long, bulbous stem and lavender Jack-in-the Pulpit-shaped flower on top, the lower stem with green cross-hatching, and a large round flower made of clear glass with a powder white glass center applied to the reverse, with yellow and green lines that radiate from the stem outwards to the edges of the petals, with fluted three green leaves, all designed to be placed into the vase.
Paneled vase with top-heavy hourglass form, becoming narrower from the base upward then gradually expanding in width to the rim. The foot of the vase consists of flared triangular corners resembling the wings at the base of a rocket. Glass color is Forest Green.