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Anna Pottery
Gray pottery flask, 1888
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Ceramics |
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| Founded | 1859 |
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| Founders | Cornwall Kirkpatrick, and W. Wallace Kirkpatrick |
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| Defunct | 1910 |
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| Headquarters |
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U.S.
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Area served
| Midwest |
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Anna Pottery was a pottery located in the city of AnnainUnion County, Illinois,[1] from 1859 to 1910. They sold stoneware and white clay ware.[2]
History
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The brothers Cornwall Kirkpatrick and W. Wallace Kirkpatrick founded the pottery, after moving from Mound City and Washington, Pennsylvania.[3]
They exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial and 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.[4]
Legacy
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Their work is held in the collections of the Missouri History Museum, Illinois State Museum,[5] Metropolitan Museum of Art,[6] and Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.[7]
In 2018, a "snake jug" sold at auction for $141,000.[8]
In 2021, Winterthur Museum acquired the “Liberty Monument” piece.[9][10][11] It depicts the Colfax Massacre .[12]
References
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^ "The Kirkpatricks' Pottery, Anna, Illinois". Northeast Historical Archeology. 1980.
^ "Anna Pottery and Stoneware". Wisconsin Pottery Association. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^ "Anna Pottery". www.museum.state.il.us. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^ "Stoneware jar". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^ "Winterthur Acquires Recently Discovered Anna Pottery Liberty Monument". Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^ "Holy grail of folk ceramics made by 19th-century snake handler breaks auction record". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^ "Museum Acquisition: Monument to a Massacre". www.themagazineantiques.com. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^ "The Anna Pottery "Liberty Monument"". Winterthur Mobile Guide. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^ Roeber, Catharine Dann; Van Horn, Jennifer; Square, Jonathan Michael (2021-03-01). "Editor's Introduction". Winterthur Portfolio. 55 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1086/717080. ISSN 0084-0416. S2CID 238477917.
^ "Meaning Is Everything: New Highs For American Pottery Push A Landmark Crocker Farm Sale - Antiques And The Arts WeeklyAntiques And The Arts Weekly". 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
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