Fine LIPSCOMB & SOMERVILLE / STAUNTON, VA Five-Gallon Cobalt-Stenciled Stoneware Jar

Spring 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 160

Price Realized: $420.00

($350 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Fine Five-Gallon Cobalt-Stenciled Stoneware Jar, Stenciled "LIPSCOMB & SOMERVILLE / STAUNTON. VA.," attributed to A.P. Donaghho, Parkersburg, WV, circa 1880, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and ribbed lug handles, featuring stenciled geometric banding at the midsection, a stenciled "5" within geometric border above, and the stenciled merchant advertising, "LIPSCOMB & SOMERVILLE / STAUNTON. VA." at the base. Note that the stenciled capacity and advertising are applied in an unusual darker cobalt than the decoration. Among the largest and most heavily-decorated examples of Staunton advertising stoneware that we have seen. An 8 1/2" crack from rim on left side of jar's front. A thin 6" crack from rim on interior reverse side, partially visible on exterior, where it includes a small chip to shoulder molding. A short surface crack to rim on left side of jar, not visible on interior. A small chip to interior of rim and a minor in-the-firing chip to top of rim. Chips to proper left handle. Surface with staining and light wear. H 15 7/8".