Lot #: 332
Price Realized: $2,185.00
($1,900 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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 Albany-Slip-Glazed Anna Pottery Stoneware Pig Flask, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, circa 1870, molded in the form of a reclining pig with hole at rear, incised details to face and hooves, and anatomically-correct underside. Surface covered in an Albany slip glaze and incised with the inscription "Good Old Bourbon in a hog's". Reverse incised with a railroad map featuring Chicago, ICRR, Mounds, and Cairo. Underside incised "Lard Oil Drill". Nicely-painted eyes. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. L 6 1/2".
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