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A.P. Donaghho
Parkersburg, WV
1 Gallon Crock
Item No. 23-016-50
This jar stands 9 ½” tall and 6” wide at its widest point with a 3” opening at the mouth. No cracks chips or any damage at all. Pretty blue stencil with light stencil starting with the “b” in Parkersburg. Great for the WV stoneware crock, jug or pottery collector. 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. |
