A GEORGE JONES TURQUOISE-GROUND RECTANGULAR SARDINE-BOX, COVER AND STAND, the cover moulded in high relief with three overlapping fish lying on a bed of seaweed, the sides of the box and the border of the stand moulded with a band of overlapping green leaves within yellow-line rims, the undersides with a mottled tortoiseshell glaze, pattern number 1831, impressed number 2, circa 1866 | Christie's

Lot 208

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A GEORGE JONES TURQUOISE-GROUND RECTANGULAR SARDINE-BOX, COVER AND STAND, the cover moulded in high relief with three overlapping fish lying on a bed of seaweed, the sides of the box and the border of the stand moulded with a band of overlapping green leaves within yellow-line rims, the undersides with a mottled tortoiseshell glaze, pattern number 1831, impressed number 2, circa 1866

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A GEORGE JONES TURQUOISE-GROUND RECTANGULAR SARDINE-BOX, COVER AND STAND, the cover moulded in high relief with three overlapping fish lying on a bed of seaweed, the sides of the box and the border of the stand moulded with a band of overlapping green leaves within yellow-line rims, the undersides with a mottled tortoiseshell glaze, pattern number 1831, impressed number 2, circa 1866
stand 8½in. (21.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Cf. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, op. cit., p. 96 where this model is illustrated with other examples of sardine-boxes

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