Gravy Ladle

F. S. Gilbert

About 1904-1915

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Victory quilt
Double face jug of light mustard-brown stoneware, the lower face with wide mouth, slightly open to reveal five teeth, the nose wide and flared, with two large, protruding ears and two green eyes with exaggerated eyelashes below two dark eyebrows, above this face a smaller face with similar features, but blue eyes, behind it the neck, with a loop handle on the backside.
Quilt, "Everybody" or "Sampler" pattern, Nora Ezell, textiles
Face jug of tan stoneware with two small ears on either side, two large almond-shaped eyes glazed blue and green, which sit below two oval looped handles on either side of the neck, the nose with prominent nostrils, two flat lips and five white teeth, the face incised with squiggly lines to resemble a beard below the lower lip and with additional squiggly lines on the cheeks, the face additionally highlighted in a brown glaze around the eyes and nose and which is runny on the right side, the handles highlighted in blue glaze which likewise runs down the sides.