Very Fine Stoneware Snake Jug, "Little Brown Jug by Anna Pottery / 1884"

Summer 2025 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 85

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Very Fine Anna Pottery Albany-Slip-Glazed Stoneware Snake Jug with Red Eyes, Inscribed "Little Brown Jug / By / Anna Pottery / 1884, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, 1884, globular jug with footed base and semi-squared spout, the handle modeled in the form of a large, heavily-scaled snake constricting the vessel's neck. The snake's head includes incised eyes, nose, and mouth, as well as crosshatched scaling to its surface. The front of the jug bears the incised inscription, "Little Brown Jug. / By / Anna Pottery / 1884," executed in a distinctive Kirkpatrick penmanship with flourishes. Four vertically-incised slashes appear at the foot below. Surface covered in a chocolate-brown Albany slip glaze with highly unusual red highlights to the snake's eyes. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a circular in-the-firing contact mark to proper right side of jug. H 5 7/8".



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