HOME
LEARN MORE
RELATED LINKS
ANNA PIGS
SNAKE JUGS
FROG MUGS
SHOO FLY JUGS
LITTLE BROWN JUG
UNIQUE ITEMS

View Photos from our
exhibit at Lakeview Museum of Art in Peoria, Illinois: "Communicating in Clay" - Highlights of the Ellis Collection of Anna Pottery
 
Snake Jugs
  • SNAKE JUG #1 - Albany slip grotesque - Kirkpatrick, Anna Union Co., Illinois, January 1, 1876

  • SNAKE JUG #2 - Grotesque salt glaze jug with cobalt decoration

  • SNAKE JUG #3 - Grotesque jug from the Blaske collection

  • SNAKE JUG #4 - High water flash, signed on the bottom

  • SNAKE JUG #5 - Inscribed "Little Brown Jug 1879"

  • SNAKE JUG #6 - Small Snake Jug, Inscribed "Sequel to Little Brown Jug"

  • SNAKE JUG #7 - Small Snake Jug with Liquor Advertising


 
SNAKE JUG #1
Albany slip grotesque
Kirkpatrick
Anna Union Co., Illinois
January 1, 1876

View 2

 

   
View 1
Return to Top of Page

 

   
SNAKE JUG #2

Grotesque salt glaze jug with cobalt decoration

View 1


 
View 2

Note Inscription:
"Nice young man going in"


 
View 3

With a view of Anna Pottery Building

Return to Top of Page
 
 
SNAKE JUG #3

Grotesque jug from the Blaske collection

View 1


 
View 2
 
View 3
Return to Top of Page
 
 
SNAKE JUG #4

High water flash

Signed on the bottom:

"high water Feburary 23, 1884 Anna Pottery"

(page 63)

Return to Top of Page
 
 
SNAKE JUG #5

Inscribed "Little Brown Jug 1879"

Return to Top of Page
 
 
SNAKE JUG #6

Small Snake Jug

Inscribed "Sequel to Little Brown Jug"

Return to Top of Page
 
 
SNAKE JUG #7

Small Snake Jug

with Liquor Advertising

Return to Top of Page