Lot #: 64
Price Realized: $2,160.00
($1,800 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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.
Anna Pottery Early-Period Stoneware Pig Flask, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, circa 1865, molded flask in the form of a reclining pig with spout at rear, anatomically-correct underside, and incised details to face and hooves, the surface covered in a reddish-brown Albany slip glaze and incised with the inscription, "Good Old Bourbon / in a hog's-." Traces of original black-and-white paint to eyes. A chip to one ear, minor in-the-firing clay residue to surface, and a minor in-the-firing iron ping to back. L 8".
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