Lot #: 538
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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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