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A.P. Donaghho
Parkersburg, WV
1 Gallon Crock
Item No. 23-012-50
Early cobalt marked stoneware saltglaze wax seal canning crock stands 10 inches. The cobalt markings on front of crock reads: A.P. Donaghho Parkersburg, W.Va. The pottery crock from West Virginia is in excellent condition. No chips or cracks or hairlines. Has a minute glaze flake to mouth of pottery wax seal canning jar. Probably happened when it was first used and opened over 130 plus years ago. Alexander Polk Donaghho was a successful potter in Fredericktown, P A, for about 15 years, starting in 1855. By 1870, A.P. Donaghho had moved to Parkersburg, WV, where he started the A.P. Donaghho Pottery Company. His company was on 14 acres near Bull Creek, which was known as "Pottery Junction" by the locals. Products produced by him usually had "A.P. Donaghho" or "Excelsior Pottery" on them. Pottery production continued (after his death in 1899) until 1903 or 1904, when it went out of business. Then, in 1906, family heirs sold the land on which the company had stood. |
