Lot #: 81
Price Realized: $1,725.00
($1,500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 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.
Early Anna Pottery Stoneware Pig Bottle with Inscription, Wallace and Conrwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, circa 1865, molded bottle in the form of a pig with hand-modeled face and hole at rear. Face detailed with large nostrils, incised and painted eyes, and wide mouth. Incised on one side "Good Old Bourbon in a hogs-". Anatomically correct underside. Surface covered in a reddish-brown Albany slip glaze. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, which descended in a Midwestern family. Chip to one ear. Otherwise as-made condition. L 8".
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