Lot #: 245
Price Realized: $2,280.00
($1,900 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Stenciled Eagle Motif, Stenciled "A.P. DONAGHHO, / PARKERSBURG, W. Va.," circa 1880, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, ribbed lug handles, and semi-rounded rim, featuring A.P. Donaghho maker's stenciling above a stenciled design of a Federal eagle with shield, clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons. Stenciled "3" to shoulder within a geometric border. Small stenciled cross at base, flanked by stenciled foliate motifs. A 1 1/2" flake and additional small chips to proper right handle. Chips to proper left handle. A tight star-shaped crack on underside, forming a long T at base of jar. H 13 3/4".
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