Lot #: 539
Price Realized: $531.00
($450 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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.
Three Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jars, Stenciled "A.P. DONAGHHO / PARKERSBURG, W. Va.", circa 1880, all of appealing squat form with wax sealer rims and slightly-different A.P. Donaghho maker's stenciling. Smallest with significant restoration, chips to interior of rim and inner wax sealer rim, and an in-the-firing chip to underside. Middle-sized jar with a 1 1/8" rim chip, a small rim chip, tiny nicks to interior of rim, one small chip to inner wax sealer rim, and some in-the-firing roughness to interior of rim. Largest jar with a 2 1/8" loss to rim and several chips to interior of rim and inner wax sealer rim. H (of shortest) 5 3/4".
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