Anna Pottery was a pottery located in the city of Anna in Union County, Illinois,[1] from 1859 to 1910. They sold stoneware and white clay ware.[2]

Anna Pottery
Company typePrivate
IndustryCeramics
Founded1859
FoundersCornwall Kirkpatrick, and W. Wallace Kirkpatrick
Defunct1910
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Midwest

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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  1. ^ "Anna Pottery and Stoneware". Wisconsin Pottery Association. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  2. ^ "Anna Pottery". www.museum.state.il.us. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  3. ^ "The Kirkpatricks' Pottery, Anna, Illinois". Northeast Historical Archeology. 1980.
  4. ^ "Anna Pottery and Stoneware". Wisconsin Pottery Association. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  5. ^ "Anna Pottery". www.museum.state.il.us. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  6. ^ "Stoneware jar". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  7. ^ "Winterthur Acquires Recently Discovered Anna Pottery Liberty Monument". Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Museum Acquisition: Monument to a Massacre". www.themagazineantiques.com. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  10. ^ "The Anna Pottery "Liberty Monument"". Winterthur Mobile Guide. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "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.