Extremely Rare Anna Pottery Stoneware Chimney Pot, Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick

Spring 2023 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 51

Price Realized: $1,800.00

($1,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Extremely Rare Salt-Glazed Stoneware Chimney Pot, attributed to Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna, IL, circa 1875, cylindrical form, wheel-thrown in two separate pieces, featuring a crimped rim and elaborate applied decoration in the form of crimped diamonds, flowers, leaves, and rings. Incised "5" and "X" at shoulder. A highly sculptural work and among the largest Anna Pottery pieces known. Literature: A closely-related chimney top from the same property, Riverlore Mansion, is illustrated in Denker, The Kirkpatricks' Pottery at Anna, Illinois, as well as in Mathis, The Family, Kilns & Stoneware of Kirkpatrick, pg. 281. Provenance: One of three Anna Pottery chimney tops salvaged from the demolition of Riverlore Mansion in Cairo, Ill. Broken into pieces and reglued, including paint along cracks. One ring restored. Some exfoliation. A missing section at the base, now lost, included an Anna Pottery signature and date. Likely missing twisted rings that hung from the applied rings and applied pointed pieces at base. While the other surviving Riverlore Mansion chimney pot includes a crown-like top, an Anna Pottery price list of the period shows this form with and without this third section, indicating this chimney pot may have never included it. H 32 3/4".

Important Note: Due to its large size, this object cannot be shipped via our ordinary in-house shipping. The winning bidder should either pick this up at our gallery or make special arrangements for shipping / transport with a third party art handler.