A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA COBALT-BLUE GROUND PUNCH-BOWL

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A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA COBALT-BLUE GROUND PUNCH-BOWL
CIRCA 1874, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM, PATTERN 3468/80

The large blue bowl moulded with branches of berried holly supported by a reclining figure of Punch, on a moulded green/brown base, the interior glazed turquoise
--13¼ (33cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

See Nicholas Dawes, Majolica, New York, 1990, p.117, figs. 205, 206 and Marilyn G. Karmason, Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989 for a discussion of this model which was marketed in a variety of colours both in the present size and slightly smaller with a variant base.