April 25, 2024
Face Jug with Cigar Green and Brown Handmade Georgia Folk Art Pottery Rock Fort
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Colorful Face Jug Handmade Georgia Decorative Southern Folk Art Pottery This face jug would make a great gift or an excellent addition to your home and/or collection.This face jug was made by Rock Fort, who lives in Georgia. It is signed and dated 2013 on the bottom.Size: About 6.5 inches tall and about 4 inches from ear to ear.Color: green and brown This is a very good looking glaze and face jug.This face jug has a cigar in his mouth (made out of clay) The color of brown for cigar and red for the ashes.Notice his cheeks and chin.This face jug is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks.If you buy more than one item, I do combine shipping whenever possible (if the pieces can fit together safely in one box). History of Face Jugs There are several stories of the history of the face jug. The origins of the “ugly” face jug tradition are mysterious.One story of the History of Face Jugs goes like this:In the past people put moonshine in pottery jugs. Children had a habit of getting into everything including this moonshine. Therefore, the potters put ugly faces on the jugs in order to scare the children away from the moonshine. Another story of the History of Face Jugs goes like this:The ugly faces were made on the jugs and put at grave sites to scare the evil spirits away.The tradition of pottery with faces dates back to Egyptian
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