Face Jugs

Bonnie Gilmour

Face Jugs

Salt-fired with caragana wood stopper 

LG: 22 x 24 x 24 cm, MD: approx. 16 x 16 x 16 cm 

"The origins of the "ugly" face jug tradition are mysterious. In the past, people put moonshine in pottery jugs. Children had a habit of getting into everything including the moonshine. Therefore, the potters put ugly faces on the jugs in order to scare the children away from the moonshine. The ugly faces were made on the jugs and put at grave sites to scare the evil spirits away. The tradition of potter with faces dates back to Egyptian times and appear in many other culture throughout the ages. Today, face jugs are prized by collectors around North America for their comical and sincere facial expressions." - Bonnie Gilmour 

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