Lot #: 538
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Six-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stenciled "A.P. DONAGHHO / PARKERSBURG, W.V.," circa 1880, cylindrical jar with tall collar, pronounced semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, featuring A.P. Donaghho maker's stenciling below a stenciled "6" within a geometric border. Interesting fingerprints on interior rim area, created when the jar's interior was coated in Albany slip. A 2 1/2" Y-shaped surface line on reverse shoulder, not visible on interior. Some light scattered exfoliation to underside. A 2" long in-the-firing vertical separation on interior rim, not visible on exterior.
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