Lot Essay
For variant potted fish boxes and stands made by George Jones, see English Majolica from a Private Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 11 March 1997, lots 204 and 206.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CANADIAN COLLECTION
A JOSEPH HOLDCROFT MAJOLICA SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER AND A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA SARDINE BOX AND COVER ON FIXED STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE, 'S' MARK AND BLUE PAINTED '23' TO THE FIRST, ENTWINED 'GJ' MONOGRAM, '8' AND BLACK PAINTED '3504/30' TO THE SECOND
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A JOSEPH HOLDCROFT MAJOLICA SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER AND A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA SARDINE BOX AND COVER ON FIXED STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE, 'S' MARK AND BLUE PAINTED '23' TO THE FIRST, ENTWINED 'GJ' MONOGRAM, '8' AND BLACK PAINTED '3504/30' TO THE SECOND
The sugar-bowl and cover as a brown nut moulded with a trailing vine issuing blue buds, the finial formed as a smaller nut, raised on four feet; the trompe l'oeil two-handled sardine-box and cover as a basket filled with sardines and seaweed, the interiors of all pieces turquoise
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) wide, the larger (4)
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE, 'S' MARK AND BLUE PAINTED '23' TO THE FIRST, ENTWINED 'GJ' MONOGRAM, '8' AND BLACK PAINTED '3504/30' TO THE SECOND
The sugar-bowl and cover as a brown nut moulded with a trailing vine issuing blue buds, the finial formed as a smaller nut, raised on four feet; the trompe l'oeil two-handled sardine-box and cover as a basket filled with sardines and seaweed, the interiors of all pieces turquoise
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) wide, the larger (4)
