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- Maker
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American
- Title
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Face Jug
- Date
- c. 1860–1870
- Medium
- Alkaline-glazed stoneware with kaolin
- Dimensions
- 8 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (21.6 × 15.9 × 17.1 cm)
- Credit Line
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The Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the W. H. Keenan Family Endowment Fund
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Accession Number
- B.2019.3
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Provenance
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Clive W. Bridgham (1951–2018), Providence, Rhode Island [1]; Estate of Clive W. Bridgham; sold by [Gustave J. S. White Auctioneers, Newport, Rhode Island, June 27, 2017]; purchased by an anonymous individual [2]; consigned to [Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland, March 23, 2019, lot 73]; purchased by MFAH. [1] The jug was found among the possessions of Clive W. Bridgham, a descendant of Samuel W. Bridgham (1775–1840), who served as the first mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. Samuel Bringham’s nephew Thomas Paine (1786–1859) was a naval officer who resided in Savannah and Charleston, where he possibly acquired the jug. [2] The present example and a related jug were purchased at a Rhode Island auction of Bridgham’s personal property by the same individual and consigned for sale at Crocker Farm.