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A.P. Donaghho
Parkersburg, WV
1/2 Gallon Wax Sealer
Item No. 23-013-50
This jar stands 8 1/4" and has a very light clay and blue stenciling. There are outer and inner rim imperfections from use. There is an age line/hairline crack starting just below the “e” in Parkersburg that does not go through to the inside. The writing is slighlty blurred, but very readable. Nice looking jar with unusual shape and appearance. 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. |
