Lot #: 59
Price Realized: $2,520.00
($2,100 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Early Anna Pottery Albany-Slip-Glazed Stoneware Pig Flask with Inscription, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, circa 1865, 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 inscription, "Pure Old Peach / in a hogs-." Surface covered in a mottled brown Albany slip glaze. Provenance: From a long-term Illinois collection consigned to this auction. Wear to snout, some wear to eyes, light wear to proper right ear, and a few spout chips. L 7 3/4".
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