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Face Jugs by Various Artists No one is 100% sure of the origination story of southern American face jugs, but two stories in particular seem to capture some of the mystique surrounding these oddly humorous creations. The first is the idea that face jugs originated in the piedmont region of North Carolina and Georgia and that these were the original childproof caps—put a scary face on the jug to keep the kids out of the contents. We figure the folks of Appalachia kept their moonshine in face jugs long before mason jars became popular. The second story has to do with devil jugs, or face jugs with devil horns. The theory is that these scary jugs originated in slave communities. When someone in the community died, a devil jug was made and placed on the grave for one year. If the jug broke sometime during that year, it meant the deceased’s soul was wrestling with the devil. Most of the face jugs in our collection come from the Catawba Valley region of North Carolina and the mountains of North Georgia. Many of the artists we represent continue working in traditional ways with traditional materials—digging their own clay, firing in groundhog kilns and once-glazing their wares with alkaline, or “tobacco spit” glazes made from the ash of their woodstoves. Face jugs remain popular and very collectible today. |
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Big Ears and Big Smile Face Jug AV Smith size: 7" $110 (sa09) view larger image in new window ask me about "Big Ears and Big Smile Face Jug" |
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Face Jug Steve Abee size: 15" $300 (SOLD) view larger image in new window ask me about "Face Jug" |
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Screaming Jug Steve Abee size: 10" $225 (sa03) view larger image in new window ask me about "Screaming Jug" |
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Devil Jug Wayne Hewell size: 8" $200 (WH02) view larger image in new window ask me about "Devil Jug" |
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Cigar Smoking Face Jug Wayne Hewell size: 9" $200 (wh05) view larger image in new window ask me about "Cigar Smoking Face Jug" |
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Charlie Brown, Red Devil Face Jug hand-painted clay size: 22" tall $500 (cb04) view larger image in new window ask me about "Charlie Brown, Red Devil Face Jug" |
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Charlie Brown, Brown Face Jug glazed clay size: 17" tall $300 (cb03) view larger image in new window ask me about "Charlie Brown, Brown Face Jug" |
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Two Faced Face Jug Wayne Hewell size: 10" $400 (wh04) view larger image in new window ask me about "Two Faced Face Jug" |
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Charlie Brown, Long Brown Face Jug glazed clay size: 14" tall $250 (cb08) view larger image in new window ask me about "Charlie Brown, Long Brown Face Jug" |
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Charlie Brown, Medium Brown Face Jug glazed clay size: 11" tall $170 (cb06) view larger image in new window ask me about "Charlie Brown, Medium Brown Face Jug" |
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Charlie Brown, Mini Devil Face Jug glazed clay size: 6" tall $85 (cb09) view larger image in new window ask me about "Charlie Brown, Mini Devil Face Jug" |
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Charlie Brown, Small Big Nose Face Jug glazed clay size: 4" tall $70(cb12) view larger image in new window ask me about "Charlie Brown, Small Big Nose Face Jug" |
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Goofey Face Jug Steve Abee size: 11" tall (qty.2) $ 230 (av04) view larger image in new window ask me about "Goofey Face Jug" |
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Medium Striped Face Jug Walter Fleming size: 12" tall (qty.2) $ 175 (flem52) view larger image in new window ask me about "Medium Striped Face Jug" |
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Small Striped Face Jug Walter Fleming size: 10" tall (qty.4) $ 100 (flem51) view larger image in new window ask me about "Small Striped Face Jug" |
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Many Faces Stacy Lambert size: 9" $225 (sl05) view larger image in new window ask me about "Many Faces" |
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Mini Face Jugs William Flowers size: 4" $40 each (wfo9) view larger image in new window ask me about "Mini Face Jugs" |
