A Pennsylvania Four Gallon Stoneware Crock with

A Pennsylvania Four Gallon Stoneware Crock with Elaborate Cobalt Stenciling

A.P. Donaghho, Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, Last Quarter 19th Century

with flattened everted lip, tooled neck, and two applied lug handles, the front cobalt-stenciled with a capacity mark in a winged circle composed of dots and dashes, and maker stencil framed by lines of five pointed stars and zipper devices.

Height 14 1/4 inches.
Condition Report: Some letters in maker's stenciling obscured by heavy cobalt, right hand side exhibits an oval 3" sag. Chips to end of right lug handle.