Lot #: 200
Price Realized: $1,416.00
($1,200 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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 Flask, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, circa 1865, molded in the form of a sow with hole at rear, incised details to face and hooves, and deeply-carved nostrils. Surface covered in an Albany slip glaze and incised with the inscription, "Good Old Peach / in a hogs-". Original white and black paint to eyes and red paint to mouth. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, which descended in the family of the consignor. Excellent condition with a chip to genitals. L 8 3/4".
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