A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA PINK-GROUND RECTANGULAR SARDINE BOX, COVER AND STAND

CIRCA 1870, PAINTED NO. 1805/6

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A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA PINK-GROUND RECTANGULAR SARDINE BOX, COVER AND STAND
Circa 1870, painted no. 1805/6
The cover moulded in high relief with three overlapping fish on a bed of seaweed, the box and stand moulded with stiff-leaf tips, within yellow rope rims
85/8in. (21.9cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

See Marilyn G. Karmason and Joan B. Stacke, Majolica a Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 96, and Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, New York, 1990, p. 164, fig. 285 and 286, for similiar examples.

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