George Jones & Sons Majolica Turquoise-Ground Recumbent Cow Cheese Keeper and Stand
Circa 1878
Cylindrical with recumbent cow knop, the sides molded with calla lilies on a horizontal striated textured ground, the stand with a large cabbage leaf and mottled green and brown rim, the underside similarly mottled, impressed monogram and crescent mark, black painted shape no. 5229. Height 12 inches, diameter 12 1/2 inches.

Literature:
KL001540
Darra Goldstein, "Cheese under Cover", Cured, Fall, 2016.
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 95.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

overall good condition; clever professional restoration to the bull's horns and possibly to his back, the entire animal sprayed, making it difficult to discern what has been done; similarly, the stand rim and underside have been evenly sprayed, likely to disguise multiple rim chips and a crescent shaped repair, approx. 3 inches; examined under blacklight

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