Lot #: 166
Price Realized: $6,900.00
($6,000 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
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Auction Highlight: November 3, 2007 Auction | Anna Pottery
Albany Slip Glazed Stoneware Pig Bottle, Dated 1890, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, Illinois, molded pig bottle with hole at rear and incised hooves and facial details, incised on one side with the inscription "St. Louis the future Great / Latest Rail Road and River Guide. / 1890." Remainder of pig incised with a map of the following landmarks: Miss River, Rod Island, Dunleth, C & A, Chester, O & M, Gd Tower, Bellville, Springfld, Pinkville, Purcy, Ava, Murphys, alto, Anna, Dongola, Junction, Jonesboro, M & O, Cairo, Mound City, Tunnel Hill, Carbondale, Duquoin, Tamaroa, Centralia, Odin, alma, Kinmudy, Champgn, KKKee, Pullman, Chicago the Corn City, C.V. & C., Vincennes, Metropolis, Ohio River, Louisville, and Cincinnati. Spout chips. Length 7".
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