Fine Stoneware Snake Jug Inscribed "Little Brown Jug / By / Anna Pottery / 1876"

Spring 2023 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 41

Price Realized: $7,200.00

($6,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Fine and Scarce Albany-Slip-Glazed Stoneware Snake Jug, Incised "Little Brown Jug/ By / Anna Pottery / 1876," Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, 1876, highly-ovoid jug with footed base and semi-squared spout, featuring a hand-modeled snake handle with incised and impressed details. Incised across the front with the inscription, "Little Brown Jug / By / Anna Pottery / 1876." Surface covered in a dark-brown "gun metal" Albany slip glaze. Immaculate condition, desirable Centennial date, and unusual metallic glaze. Slightly larger than most examples of this form that we have seen. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 5 3/4".