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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]
History
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
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]
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