Lot #: 567
Price Realized: $360.00
($300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Three Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jars, Stenciled "A.P. Donaghho, / Parkersburg, W.Va.," circa 1875-1880, all with inner "wax sealer" rims, including a small example with "top hat" form. featuring A.P. Donaghho maker's stenciling. Smallest with several chips to interior of rim and inner wax sealer rim and a restored diagonal 4" section to surface of front, extending through the "A." in "A.P." and "Pa" in "Parkersburg," continuing onto underside. Middle-sized jar with a 1 1/8" flake and small chip to inner wax sealer rim, an in-the-firing contact mark to front, and a stone ping to reverse. Largest in very nice condition with a small in-the-firing contact mark to rim and wear to inner wax sealer rim. H (of smallest) 5 5/8".
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