Live Auction 113719th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Ceramics
A PEWTER-MOUNTED GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA 'HUNTING' BEER JUG AND COVER
Lot 201

A PEWTER-MOUNTED GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA 'HUNTING' BEER JUG AND COVER

REGISTRY DIAMOND FOR 27 MAY 1872

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A PEWTER-MOUNTED GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA 'HUNTING' BEER JUG AND COVER
Registry diamond for 27 May 1872
The shallow domed cover surmounted by a fox, the side moulded with a hound chasing a duck and a fox cornering a hare
13¾in. (34.8cm.) high

Specialist note

Cf. Robert Cluett, George Jones Ceramics 1861-1951, Atglen, PA, 1998, p. 47, fig. 58 for a similar example and fig. 73 for a trade catalogue circa 1873 listing it as model no. 3228; also see The Ripley Collection, Christie's, New York, 13 March 2001, lot 254