Brown Toad Mug

USA, 1900
<p>A mug with a bulbous body that tapers in before expanding into a broader rim. An arched strap handle is attached near the bottom and just below the rim. The top half ot the mug is off white the bottom is tan which is darker where the glaze overlaps. The interior and handle are also off white.</p><p>A view of the interior from above shows a carefully rendered frog  on the bottom of the mug.</p><p>The maker's mark. A straight sided C with an L hanging from the bottom right. They stand out from a mottled green and tan glaze.</p><p>An image of the plain unglazed underside. The tan area at the base of the side and the white at the rim are also seen, as is the handle pressed into the body of the mug.</p>
Date acquired:
Materials:
Stoneware
Form - Functional:
Mug
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Carrie Lambert | 1943 – Present

Carrie Lambert?s work is wheel thrown and assembled porcelain or white stoneware animal figurines, Christmas tree ornaments, wind chimes, mugs, and coin banks.

Carrie Lambert began her ceramics instruction in 1970 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia S.C. under the tutelage of Ron Meyers. Carrie's work matured into a full-time business by 1974 inIrmo, South Carolina. In 1976 Clayton Lambert joined the business full time. Carrie, family, and studio relocated to Hilton Head Island SC in 1977. The studio moved to Ridgeland, SC in 1981. The business was divided between Carrie and Clayton, the latter reserving the right to use the same markuntilhisdeathin 1989.

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