Stoneware Frog – Anna Pottery

Anna Pottery, created by brothers Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick in Anna, Illinois, is renowned for its stoneware creations.

From Crocker Farm Auctions: “The work of brothers Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick in Anna, Illinois–sold under their moniker, “Anna Pottery”–is essentially unparalleled in American stoneware. Visionaries who created masterpieces of American folk art, the Kirkpatricks are famous for wild creations that often comment on the perceived dangers of alcohol consumption–their ware commonly used as a container for whiskey, gin, and other spirits. Their pig flasks and snake jugs are chief examples of these vessels and are the forms for which the brothers are probably most well-known.”

This salt-glazed stoneware hand-modeled frog with incised feet sits on a stone (ink reservoir). The frog is brushed with cobalt blue on the back and eyes. The underside is incised “Anna Pottery 1882”.