Lot 126
126
A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA CHEESE-DISH AND COVER in the form of a bee-skep, the conical cover formed of white thatch bound with grey rope above three horizontal bands of yellow wicker bound in grey, on a square log stand, with a turquoise-glazed interior and a mottled green and brown tortoise-shell-glazed underside (small glaze chips to cover and rim chip, small rim chips to stand), black pattern number 3279, impressed registration mark and date code for 1872

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A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA CHEESE-DISH AND COVER in the form of a bee-skep, the conical cover formed of white thatch bound with grey rope above three horizontal bands of yellow wicker bound in grey, on a square log stand, with a turquoise-glazed interior and a mottled green and brown tortoise-shell-glazed underside (small glaze chips to cover and rim chip, small rim chips to stand), black pattern number 3279, impressed registration mark and date code for 1872
13½in. (34.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Nicholas Dawes, op. cit., p. 113 for a drawing of this design with four other models. A similar cheese-dish was exhibited by Minton at the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873. Another example sold, Sotheby's London, 21 October 1986, lot 490

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