Lot #: 252
Price Realized: $1,955.00
($1,700 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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.
Scarce and Fine Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jar with Stenciled Eagle Decoration, Stenciled "A.P. Donaghho, / Fredericktown, / Pa.", circa 1870, tapered jar with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded wax sealer rim, featuring a stenciled design of a Federal eagle with shield, clutching an olive branch and arrows, above the stenciled maker's mark, "A.P. Donaghho, / Fredericktown, / Pa.". A crisply-stenciled example with excellent color. An X-shaped hairline on underside, connecting to a thin diagonal crack extending 6 3/4" up front of jar. A minor, in-the-firing chip to rim on front and a small chip to interior of rim. A recessed in-the-firing contact mark to shoulder on reverse and some staining to reverse. H 10".
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