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A.P. Donaghho
Parkersburg, WV
Top Hat
Item No. 23-003-50
This is a very rare AP Donaghho Parkersburg, WVa wax sealer which stands 5 1/2" tall. These style jars are rarely found in cirrculation and appropriately nicknamed “top hat” for its unusual shape. The jar has very dark clay and stenciling. Slight imperfections include one very tiny under rim nick, four tiny, tiny inner lip nicks and a few clay "pop" holes. No cracks or hairlines and the writing is very readable. Nice looking top hat in wonderful condition! 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. |
