artistsanimals:Title: Jug with RattlesnakeArtist: Michael CrockerDate: 1994Medium: ClaySize: 12 5/8

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Title:Jug with Rattlesnake
Artist: Michael Crocker
Date:1994
Medium:Clay
Size: 12 5/8 x 9 ¾ x 10 5/8 in. (32.1 x 24.8 x 27.0 cm)
Description: “Working with his brother Melvin, Michael Crocker created face jugs, grape pitchers, and snake jugs from local clay and handmade glazes. They started with traditional forms and in Michaels words “pushed them to the limit.” (Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector’s Guide, 1996) In this piece the snake becomes much more than just decoration. Michael threw the hollow form, and Melvin then modeled the rattlesnake and coiled it around the pot. The brothers worked together until 1999, when Melvin left to set up his own shop.”
Source:Smithsonian American Art Museum