Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Stork 'Flower Stand'
Recorded as model no. 8B, circa 1880
Standing naturalistically on one leg, a struggling snake or eel wrapped around its beak, before tall bulrushes, marsh reeds and iris, the rocky mound base applied with a budding waterlily, twice struck impressed uppercase mark J. Holdcroft. Height 26 inches.

Literature:
KL002293 Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 103 (26 in. high). Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, fig. 22.31.

Reference:
Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 129, fig. 225 (15 in. high). Rosalie W. Sharp, China to Light Up a House, vol. two, p. 169 (32 1/4 in. high example).


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

UPDATED CONDITION REPORT: Saturday, April 1:
overall good condition; restoration to the end of the bird's beak and to one talon, to one iris petal, to approximately four of the large leaves, mainly at the base; some of the restoration now flaking; minor nicks to bulrush leaves; and some even crazing; overall good integrity; examined under blacklight

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