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April 21 –
November 12, 2007

"Communicating in Clay" - Highlights of the Ellis Collection of Anna Pottery

Lakeview Museum of Art
1125 West Lake Ave.
Peoria, IL 61614
309-686-7000
lakeview-museum.org
 
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

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SNAKE JUG #2

Grotesque salt glaze jug with cobalt decoration

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View 2

Note Inscription:
"Nice young man going in"


 
View 3

With a view of Anna Pottery Building

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SNAKE JUG #3

Grotesque jug from the Blaske collection

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SNAKE JUG #4

High water flash

Signed on the bottom:

"high water Feburary 23, 1884 Anna Pottery"

(page 63)

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SNAKE JUG #5

Inscribed "Little Brown Jug 1879"

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SNAKE JUG #6

Small Snake Jug

Inscribed "Sequel to Little Brown Jug"

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SNAKE JUG #7

Small Snake Jug

with Liquor Advertising

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