Lot #: 140
Price Realized: $780.00
($650 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare EXCELSIOR POTTERY/ The Donaghho Co. / STONEWARE MANUFACTURERS / Parkersburg, W. Va. Advertising Card, The Ossborne Co., NY, 1902, featuring the slogan, "If you see 'Donaghho' on it, you know its good," and a color image of a woman with hunting dog carrying a game bird, titled, "73, A DEAD SHOT." Included in a wooden frame. Provenance: From a fifty-year West Virginia collection. Card with some staining, a small crease to one corner, a long, faint diagonal crease to hunting scene, other very minor creasing along edge, and some edge wear. Unframed Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 3 1/2" ; Framed Dimensions: 7 7/8" x 4 7/8".
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