Group of Four American and English Majolica Spittoons/Cuspidors
Comprising a George Morley's deep purple ground 'Bramble' example, circa 1884-1891, of octagonal thistle form, the lower body molded with a spray of black berry briar, black printed uppercase mark, GEORGE MORLEY'S MAJOLICA EAST LIVERPOOL, O(hio), height 5 1/2 inches, diameter 7 inches; a Wardle & Co. brown-ground 'Fern and Bamboo' example, circa 1875, indistinct impressed registry diamond (17-S-E-9) possibly or 17 May 1893, of thistle form, the lower body molded with a large green fern, reserved against bound vertical bamboo stalks, signed with black painted 549, height 6 3/4 inches, diameter 8 inches; a Griffen, Smith & Hill, Etruscan 'Sunflower' example, recorded as shape no. F8, circa 1884, of thistle form, the flaring neck and sides molded with panels of large sunflowers on green stems, reserved on a stippled ground, impressed GSH monogram and Etruscan Majolica circle medallion mark, black printed 84, height 6 inches, diameter 6 1/2 inches; and a Samuel Lear mauve-ground 'Bouquet' example, circa 1890, of cinched bulbous funnel form, centering a molded bouquet of roses and other flowers on an impressed floral ground, unmarked, height 6 inches, diameter 7 inches.

Provenance (George Morley Spittoon/Cuspidor):
Anne Amos Brown Collection, #285

Literature (George Morley Spittoon/Cuspidor):
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 337, fig. 33.18.

Exhibited (George Morley Spitton/Cuspidor):
'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-777; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.331.

Reference (Griffen, Smith & Hill Spittoon/Cuspidor):
Marilyn G. Karmason, Antiques, Victorian Majolica, February 1990, pl. IXa for a corresponding company exhibition catalogue illustration for the 1884-1885 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, LA.

Reference (Samuel Lear Spittoon/Cuspidor):
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 113 for a period advertisement in the Pottery Gazette illustrating this form, no. 41.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

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Wardle & Co. Majolica Brown-Ground Fern and Bamboo Spittoon / Cuspidor: Minor rim chips.
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