Company type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | Ceramics |
Founded | 1859 |
Founders | Cornwall Kirkpatrick, and W. Wallace Kirkpatrick |
Defunct | 1910 |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Midwest |
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]
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]
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]
Company type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | Ceramics |
Founded | 1859 |
Founders | Cornwall Kirkpatrick, and W. Wallace Kirkpatrick |
Defunct | 1910 |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Midwest |
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]
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]
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]