A ceramic jug found in Germantown, PA turns out to be an example of a significant 19th century protective relic and piece of art — a face jug — created by African American slaves and freedmen ...

The jug itself is of black-glazed pottery and although an everyday item it still shows a careful degree of attention with a small sculpted head of a god on the handle and the decorative striping ...

but the Sarjeant has had an equally strong commitment to the work of ceramic artists, like Ann Verdcourt, Ross Mitchell-Anyon, Rick Rudd, Andrea du Chatenier, to name a few.” Jugs are now less ...

A ceramic jug found in Germantown, PA turns out to be an example of a significant 19th century protective relic and piece of art — a face jug — created by African American slaves and freedmen ...