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A.P. Donaghho
Parkersburg, W.Va.
Top Hat
Item No. 23-045-50
Here is one of the most desirable pieces of stoneware made by A.P. Donaghho in Parkersburg, W.Va. This little crock named the Top Hat crock resembles an old style top hat when turned upside down. The crock is around a quart size. One of the smallest crocks out there. It is five and one half inches tall and has a fantastic reddish brown color. Marked in two slanting lines A.P. Donaghho, Parkersburg, W.Va. The crock is in nice shape. It has an as made stack mark on the top and there is a tiny tight hair line that goes from the top of the crock and goes an inch and a half from the top. It is really hard to see and its located on the rear side. It doesn’t go over the top toward the inside. These small Top Hats are really getting scarce. Wonderful addition for any West Virginia or A.P. Donaghho pottery collection. Getting more rare by the minute.
Brief History
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. |
