Fine "Anna Pottery / 1876" Stoneware Frog Inkwell, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, Illinois

Spring 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 54

Price Realized: $9,000.00

($7,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Fine Anna Pottery Stoneware Frog Inkwell, Inscribed "Anna Pottery / 1876," Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, 1876, hand-modeled figure of a frog with impressed eyes and incised details to feet, seated on a wheel-thrown mound base with circular opening. Original painted surface to frog including spotted throat. Base coated in an Albany slip glaze and incised on reverse with Anna Pottery signature and Centennial date. Provenance: From a long-term Illinois collection consigned to this auction. Excellent condition with a tiny nick to one rear foot and some expected paint wear. H 3 3/4".