George Jones Majolica Turquoise-Ground Oval Game-Pie Dish and Cover
Circa 1875
Impressed small cyphers, black painted shape no. 2262/R to bowl and B. to cover
The domed cover molded with a fox crouched over a game-bird on a bed of ferns, the tapering cylindrical tureen side with suspended net swags alternating with hunting trophies, within yellow corded rims. Height 7 3/4 inches, width 11 1/2 inches.

Provenance:
With Albin A. Lake Antique Appraisals, Putnam Valley, NY (label).

Literature:
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica. A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 94.

Reference:
Robert Cluett, George Jones Ceramics 1861-1951, p. 47, fig. 50 and p. 52, fig. 71 for a trade catalog circa 1873 featuring this form.

C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

Professional restoration to both ears and rim chips on cover near tail and to bowl flange.

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