A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA BOWL AND COVER
A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA BOWL AND COVER

CIRCA 1870, IMPRESSED JG MONOGRAM MARK

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A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA BOWL AND COVER
Circa 1870, impressed JG monogram mark
Of gourd shape, the finial as a yellow breasted green and blue tit perched among blossoming hawthorn on a rustic ground
5½in. (13.9cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Cf. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 90 and 92 for an illustration of this form found in Llewellynn Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain, 1883; and A Private Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 11 March 1997, lot 272 for examples with stands. This form is often associated with wares for serving strawberries.

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