Lot #: 332
Price Realized: $2,185.00
($1,900 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Early Albany-Slip-Glazed Anna Pottery Stoneware Pig Flask, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, circa 1870, molded in the form of a reclining pig with hole at rear, incised details to face and hooves, and anatomically-correct underside. Surface covered in an Albany slip glaze and incised with the inscription "Good Old Bourbon in a hog's". Reverse incised with a railroad map featuring Chicago, ICRR, Mounds, and Cairo. Underside incised "Lard Oil Drill". Nicely-painted eyes. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. L 6 1/2".
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