A PAIR OF GEORGE JONES & SONS MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND GARDEN SEATS
A PAIR OF GEORGE JONES & SONS MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND GARDEN SEATS

CIRCA 1880, IMPRESSED GJ MONOGRAM AND CRESCENT MARK AND F

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A PAIR OF GEORGE JONES & SONS MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND GARDEN SEATS
CIRCA 1880, IMPRESSED GJ MONOGRAM AND CRESCENT MARK AND F
Each molded with calla lilies among tall grasses, the top as woven reeds pierced with an S-shaped aperture
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high, the slightly larger
Provenance
With Nicolaus Boston, Internet, 1 March 2004.

Lot Essay

For a similar example in cobalt-blue see Robert Cluett, George Jones Ceramics 1861-1951, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 1998, p. 68, fig. 125. For an example of the same form and coloration, see Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 2002, p. 95.

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