I saw a Facebook reel recently from a thrift content maker asking why we see so many water containers at thrifts. The expected list of reasons were repeated, like cleaning out the cupboards and upgrades to one’s personal flask technology and how you’re given cups at events.
No one addressed the question of why we see the ones that are highly decorated thus clearly loved and used being donated.
Walter Fleming - Folk Art Face Jug 8.0” Catawba Valley NC Cream Swirl Signed ebay PotteryGuyNC
Mike Ball - Folk Art Face Jug 4” Alkaline Glaze Catawba Valley Vale NC Ugly Face ebay PotteryGuyNC
Unknown - Esa Riippa , 2014.
Finnish, b. 1947 -
Line etching aquatint , 50 x 40 cm. Ed. of 75
Curtain, Jug and Dish of Fruit
Description
In the early 1890s, Cezanne repeatedly painted the same set of objects in the isolation of his studio – fruit, dishes, cloths, and a water jug – to render them from different perspectives and interrogate their formal properties. In this picture, Cezanne introduces subtle effects of distortion to the otherwise coherent arrangement of objects. The simplified, less modulated forms of the oranges seem inconsistent with the swollen base of the jug, or the drapery with its contoured folds and ridges, while the fruit in the foreground hovers precariously on the fabric’s folds. It is as if Cezanne has brought together objects that have been painted at different times from different perspectives. With this intense and process-driven treatment, the prosaic items on display attain an enduring splendor.
Jug, Books, and Candle on a Cupboard Shelf
A jug printed in brown with a maritime scene depicting British naval vessels under sail, the principal ship flying the Union Jack. Foliate border to the rim. The base with transfer mark “Neptune”, England, Mid-19th Century
Versions of the jug. of the smuggest one at that. The jugger, the juggling, the juggmaster.
Copper jug with long handle.
Oil on wood.
17 x 17 cm. / appr. 6.7 x 6.7 in.
Original artwork.
