Lot #: 252
Price Realized: $1,955.00
($1,700 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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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