Greg & Mary Shooner (American), Two Redware Folk Art Works

Polychrome and slip glazed earthenware, a figural bank "U O me" (11 3/4 in.) and a jug with angel and tulips, date in slip "1799" (allover crazing; flake to handle, rim flakes) (8 1/2 in.)

From the Collection of a Gentleman, Cave Springs, Virginia

Greg and Mary Shooner re-create authentic redware pottery at their studio in Oregonia, Ohio, carefully following the traditions of American potters dating back to 1630.