Jar, Preserving

Object number2007.57.36

Manufacturer Alexander P. Donaghho Pottery

Date1870-1906

OriginParkersburg, WV

Mediumred fireclay, salt glaze, brown and cobalt blue slips

Credit LineGift of Bernard Vavrek and Joanne Vavrek

DescriptionStoneware wax-sealer or canning jar; tall cylindrical shape, tapered inward at neck, delineated with incised bands; flaring upper rim, interior of which is formed into a recessed flange, to accept a sealing lid or cap (not intact); pale orange-red body clay has fired to a dark grey/tan, with a heavily pebbled or textured glossy salt glaze; bold cobalt stencilling has maker information; dark-brown albany-slip coating inside; large kiln furniture scars on base.Dimensions8.25 x 5 in. (21 x 12.7 cm)
MarksBold cobalt stencilling reads: "A.P. DONAGHHO / PARKERSBURG W.V."
Historical NotesAlexander Donaghho moved his pottery from Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, to Parkersburg, West Virginia. in 1870; the firm's official name was Donaghho & Sons, sometimes referred to as "Excelsior Pottery." Alexander Donaghho was born in Washington County in 1829, and died in 1906. Part of a collection of stoneware from local manufacturers in the Western Pennsylvania region.

Related person Alexander Polk Donaghho (1829 - 1906)

Collector Bernard Vavrek

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