A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA SALT formed as a putto clad in a scanty lilac drape seated on the crest of a scallop-shell with a turquoise interior and a shaded pink and white exterior, supported on a mound moulded with foliage and a dolphin-mask, the underside with a green and brown 'tortoise-shell' glaze (typical glaze cracks to shell), pattern number 1872, circa 1870