A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA COCKEREL TEAPOT AND COVER
A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA COCKEREL TEAPOT AND COVER

CIRCA 1875, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND STONE CHINA MARK

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A GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA COCKEREL TEAPOT AND COVER
Circa 1875, impressed monogram and stone china mark
Naturalistically modelled as a white hen crowing, the spout as her beak, the handle as her tail feathers
11½in. (29.1cm.) wide, overall

Lot Essay

Cf. Victoria Bergesen, Majolica, British, Continental and American Wares, 1851-1915, London, 1989, p. 77, fig. 50; Nicholas Dawes, Majolica, New York, 1990, p. 121, fig. 212 for an example from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. G. Leberfeld; Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 93; and The Ripley Collection, Christie's, New York, 13 March 2001, lot 246. White examples appear to be very rare.

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