Lot Essay
Cf. Robert Cluett, George Jones Ceramics 1861-1951 (1998), p. 59, fig. 93 for a similar example with stand.
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Details
A George Jones majolica shaped rectangular sardine box and cover
with stalk finial, the cover moulded with stalks in flight within bamboo sections, upon a turquoise ground, the box with fish among seaweed, with pale-pink interior, indistinct date lozenge, circa 1875 (lacking stand, damages and restoration) -- 15cm. wide
See illustration
with stalk finial, the cover moulded with stalks in flight within bamboo sections, upon a turquoise ground, the box with fish among seaweed, with pale-pink interior, indistinct date lozenge, circa 1875 (lacking stand, damages and restoration) -- 15cm. wide
See illustration
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