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Antique 1800s Mourning Memory Jug American Folk Art Fascinating Items Preserved 9.5" Tall

Antique 1800s Mourning Memory Jug American Folk Art Fascinating Items Preserved 9.5" Tall

Winning Bid
$27.00
Item #1461622
Lot #82 of 108
Item Description

A few of the pieces are missing. Please examine photographs carefully. A mourning or memory jug is an African American folk art form that memorializes the dead. It is a general term for a vessel whose surface is adorned with an assortment of broken china, glass shards, and small objects, especially items associated with a dead person. They are also called forget-me-not jugs, mourning jugs, memory vessels, spirit jars, whatnot jars, ugly jugs, and whimsy jars. A memory jug may be any kind of vessel but is most usually a jug or vase. Items used to cover the surface range from shards of china, glass, and mirror to shells, beads, buttons, coins, medals, keys, jewelry, toys, watches, and other small objects. These are adhered to the surface using some kind of adhesive, typically putty or cement.

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Jeanette Marie Nolan
Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938
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Sunday, 12/8, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

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Jeanette Marie Nolan | (978) 808-2739 | bostonterrier27@yahoo.com

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