Cobalt Blue Stoneware Jugs

[madpaddla]

Hello all,
Found these today. Paid $60 for the lot. I love stoneware and am trying to learn more. Is the amber one a slip glaze? And looking for some info on the company L & B G Chase Somerset which is stamped on the cobalt blue one. ...what the heck were they trying to do on the front[][][].
Thanks all. Lastly any idea on time period for em.

 

[madpaddla]

Here is the front.

 

[madpaddla]

Base of the brown jug.

 

[madpaddla]

Here is the collection so far.

 

[madpaddla]

Minus a Johnsom preserve and a few other small items.

 

[madpaddla]

Here is the only info I have found so far on a different jug.

SOMERSET POTTERS WORKS JUG
by Somerset Potters Works aka L.& B. G. Chase Pottery. The pottery was in business in Somerset Massachusetts during the years 1847 - 1882. The shape and exuberant cobalt decoration in the form of an urn of flowers would place the manufacture of this jug circa 1850.
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[Just Dig it]

Killing me with that Somerset jug..Beautiful..my uncle owns an indian war era house in somerset...his barn was a civil war base of operations..what a steal you got ..NICE JUGS MADPADDLA

 

[Trying not to break it]

hi ben, nice additions. love the one with the flower on it. rhona

 

[coboltmoon]

Your brown jug has an open pontil.

Nice trade on the pair!

 

[madpaddla]

Thanks everyone for the comments. I contacted someone who knows stoneware and here is the email. Either or they are for the personal collection but I am very pleased.

Hi Ben[/align] [/align] Both pieces date around 1860, blue decoration is just a simple floral used by the Chase brothers. The brown jug is covered with Albany slip brown glaze prior to firing, both pieces are salt glazed fired.
[/align] [/align] Regards,[/align] Warren hartmann[/align]