A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA COBALT-BLUE GROUND 'FULL NEST' GAME PIE DISH AND COVER

REGISTRY DIAMOND FOR 1873, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM MARK, INDISTINCT MODEL NUMBER POSSIBLY 3371/80

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A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA COBALT-BLUE GROUND 'FULL NEST' GAME PIE DISH AND COVER
Registry diamond for 1873, impressed monogram mark, indistinct model number possibly 3371/80
The cover moulded with a nesting quail and seven chicks resting on a bed of reeds and fern, the side moulded with a family of hare beneath fruiting acorn branches
14in. (35.5cm.) wide, overall

Lot Essay

Cf. Victoria Bergesen, Majolica, British, Continental and American Wares 1851-1915, London, 1989, p. 23, fig. 13; Marilyn G. Karmason and Joan Stacke, Majolica A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 100 and book jacket

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