Lot #: 346
Price Realized: $1,035.00
($900 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Very Rare Salt-Glazed Stoneware Frog Pitcher with Monkey Handle and Original Green-and-Black Cold-Painted Surface, attributed to Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, circa 1885, molded in the form of a standing frog atop a tree stump with relief oak branches and acorns, the frog's mouth forming the pitcher's spout. Pitcher's handle in the form of a monkey grasping a twig. Surface covered in a salt glaze over a light clay ground. Wonderful, original paint to frog and monkey, the frog's body painted dark-green with a lighter-green border, along with black accents to eyes and claws, and the monkey painted solid black. Outstanding condition with the following minor flaws. A few minor spout chips. Two shallow, in-the-firing chips to monkey. A tiny post-firing base chip and a tiny in-the-firing base chip. A 1 1/8" flake to underside at edge. H 13 5/8".
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