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Exceptional Salt-Glazed Stoneware "Railroad and River Guide" Pig Flask, Signed and Dated "Anna Pottery / 1882," Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, 1882, molded flask in the form of a reclining pig with hole at rear, incised details to face and hooves, and anatomically-correct underside, incised on one side with the cobalt-highlighted inscription, "Railroad and River Guide / with a little good old Rye in a hog's- / By / Anna Pottery / 1882." Remainder of pig incised with a cobalt-highlighted map of the Midwestern United States, including the following landmarks: Miss River, Chester, Alton, O & M .R.R., Springfield, Bloomington, Grand Tower, Jonesboro, Cairo, Odin, Tamaroa, Duquoin, Carbondale, Mounds, Vincens, Dubuque, Anna, Cincinnati the Pork City, and Chicago the Corn Crib. Among the finer salt-glazed Anna pig flasks that we have offered, featuring good color, attractive glazing, and crisp penmanship in the distinctive Kirkpatrick style. Excellent condition with a a 3/8" chip to spout, a faint 3/8" line to edge of spout, and typical in-the-firing contact marks to legs. L 6 3/4".
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