A GEORGE JONES DARK-BLUE-GROUND MAJOLICA JUG AND HINGED COVER, with an angular handle, the cylindrical body moulded in relief with a hound chasing a game-bird through grass and with a fox stalking a rabbit in a lair, each within a turquoise oval cartouche outlined in yellow and between bands of moulded foliage at the shoulder and knopped base, the cylindrical neck moulded with scrolling foliage and white flowers, the pewter-mounted cover with a fox finial, on a flared foot, printed registration mark for 1872 | Christie's

Lot 246

246

A GEORGE JONES DARK-BLUE-GROUND MAJOLICA JUG AND HINGED COVER, with an angular handle, the cylindrical body moulded in relief with a hound chasing a game-bird through grass and with a fox stalking a rabbit in a lair, each within a turquoise oval cartouche outlined in yellow and between bands of moulded foliage at the shoulder and knopped base, the cylindrical neck moulded with scrolling foliage and white flowers, the pewter-mounted cover with a fox finial, on a flared foot, printed registration mark for 1872

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A GEORGE JONES DARK-BLUE-GROUND MAJOLICA JUG AND HINGED COVER, with an angular handle, the cylindrical body moulded in relief with a hound chasing a game-bird through grass and with a fox stalking a rabbit in a lair, each within a turquoise oval cartouche outlined in yellow and between bands of moulded foliage at the shoulder and knopped base, the cylindrical neck moulded with scrolling foliage and white flowers, the pewter-mounted cover with a fox finial, on a flared foot, printed registration mark for 1872
11¾in. (29.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, op. cit., p. 90, for a plate taken from L. Jewitt's, Ceramic Art of Great Britain, 1883, illustrating a selection of wares by George Jones

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