I have been researching for weeks, Trying to find the Artist. The signiture on the 2 paintings can be read 'DURA' . The only Artist i could find with this name was 'Alberto Dura' a
This ovoid stoneware jug was inherited from my grandmother when she passed last year. She inherited it from her late husband who lived on Rings Island in Salisbury, MA. I don't know anymore about it although similar jugs I've found online seem to have been made between 1810 and 1820.