Lot #: 577
Price Realized: $147.50
($125 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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.
Two Stoneware Jars, American, circa 1875, a canning jar with "wax sealer" rim, featuring the stenciled maker's mark, "A.P. Donaghho / Parkersburg, WV", paired with a half-gallon cylindrical jar, decorated with three flowers around the shoulder, attributed to the Remmey Pottery, Philadelphia, PA circa 1865. Provenance: Collection of Harry Meyer, McDonald, PA. Donaghho jar with an in-the-firing contact mark to right edge of stenciling, two minor nicks to interior of rim, and heavy chipping to inner rim for lid. Remmey jar with a shallow, in-the-firing 7/8" flake to top of rim, which is glazed over. H (of Donaghho jar) 10 1/4".
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