W.T. Copeland & Sons Majolica Lotus Jug
Dated 1880
Of squared pear shape with angular handle, molded on each side with a large pink lotus blossom, bud and leaf, on a textured grey-brown arched panel, the joins with large buds issuing stiff palm tips, the neck with a band of flowerheads, beneath a beaded rim, turquoise interior, impressed uppercase mark raised registry diamond (2-P-I-3) for 2 July 1877, 12 and 6 GILL, blackened KA/80 and blue painted A. Height 8 3/4 inches.

Literature:
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 118.

Reference:
Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 62, fig. 107.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

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