Antique 2 Gallon American Blue Hand Decorated Stoneware Crock by L & B C Chace in Somerset Mass. Circa 1860s

Description

This Really is a Great Looking Example of a Authentic Antique Massachusetts - American Primitive Stoneware Storage Jar - Crock. … more This Really is a Great Looking Example of a Authentic Antique Massachusetts - American Primitive Stoneware Storage Jar - Crock. It is Embossed with a Number 2 Confirming its Two Gallon Storage. Capacity. It is Also Embossed - Signed by the Well Documented Maker "L & B G CHASE - SOMERSET" ( Note that the "G" Should Actually be a "C" For Clark ). Approx 1840 proved to be an important year in the History of Somerset for in that year Clark Chace Jr. with his Brothers Benjamin and Leonard, Built the Plant in Somerset Massachusetts Making it Also Referred to as "Pottersville". It is has a Salt Glazed Exterior and it is Rendered in Classic American Stoneware Form - Shape with the Added Feature of Applied Handles - "Ears". The Front of the Jar has a Very Nicely Rendered Hand Decorated Cobalt - Navy Blue Stylized Flower Decoration. The Interior is Done in a Dark Coffee Brown Color. Back in the Day These Types of Stoneware Items were a Necessity in Most of Americas Farms and Household's and They were Made - Intended For Everyday Utilitarian Use. These Types of American Stoneware Items we Completely Hand Made out of Indigenous Clay on a Potters Wheel from Start to Finish and Therefore No 2 are Absolutely Identical. This Jar Style was Commonly Used to Store and Preserve Many Types of Liquids and Foods. It is in Very Nice All Original Condition and it Displays Beautifully. It is Strong and Sound with No Cracks and No Repairs. It has a Top Rim Perimeter Chip above the Makers Name and a "Iron Ping" Under the Glaze Surface Chip Below the Right Side Handle. It also has some Glaze Rust Color Variations - Dark Spot on the Back Top Area and Some Glaze Color Variations & Surface Imperfection on the Coffee Brown Interior - All Which are Kiln Flaws and Would Have Occurred in the Making - Firing Process. Stoneware Pieces Like This were Fired in Very Large Kilns with Many Other Pieces at the Same Time. These and Many Other Types of Kiln Flaws are Quite Common.
It Measures Overall Approx. 9 1/2 Tall.
10 1/2 Inches Long ( Including Handles )
9 1/4 inches Wide.

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