George Jones & Sons Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Pair of late 19th century brown transferware ceramic serving platters. One oval platter by George Jones & Sons in the Almonds pattern, showing a pair of birds perched on flowering almond branches. And one round platter by Alfred Meakin in Medway Decor, showing flowering branches and butterflies with multi-colored details. "George Jones & Sons Ltd - Manufacturer of earthenware, majolica and china ware at Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent. At the age of 14 George Jones started a seven year apprenticeship with Minton. After completion in 1844 he worked as a traveling salesman for Wedgwood. By 1850 George had established himself as a successful pottery merchant and by 1856 he had opened a pottery showroom in Glebe Street, Stoke. George started manufacturing around 1861 at the Bridge Works, Stoke, as George Jones & Co. In 1864 he purchased land from Colin Minton Campbell and in 1865 the company moved to the newly built factory - the Trent Potteries. Production of majolica ware started in 1865. From 1872 china production was started. By 1873 the two eldest sons, Frank Ralph Jones and George Henry Jones became partners in the business which was renamed George Jones & Sons. 'Crescent' was registered as a trademark for the new company. In 1894 the business was incorporated as George Jones and Sons Ltd. George Jones died in 1893 - the business continued under the name 'George Jones & Sons'. Around 1907 the works were renamed 'Crescent Potteries.' From the 1920s Cauldon Potteries Ltd. and Coalport China Co. Ltd. had moved their manufacturing to the Crescent Potteries and were sharing the works with George Jones & Sons Ltd. In 1929 the Jones family ownership ended when Walter Bakewell (who was the managing director) bought the business. In 1933 Harrison & Son (Hanley) Ltd bought out Bakewell's controlling shareholding. c.1947 there was some modernisation of the Crescent Works. Manufacture of Coalport and Cauldon was favoured. Use of the Crescent China...

George Jones Majolica oyster plate, England, circa 1880's. A six-well plate with striking glaze colors typical of the period. George Jones & Sons was a prominent ceramics manufacture...

A George Jones Majolica Oyster Dish, the central well molded in high relief on a round mound of naturalistically molded and white-glazed scallop shells, wi...

This is a tall beautifully decorated Vase by George Jones & Sons, of Trent Pottery, Staffordshire, dating to the late 19th Century. This vase is well potted vase...

A superb antique English majolica strawberries and cream serving dish modelled as a basket by renowned maker George Jones and dated 29th June 1873. The basket comprises of four compa...

George Jones Majolica Oyster Plate, of hexifoil design, the six wells molded as scalloped seashells glazed in pastel lilac/pink, the wells...

George Jones Majolica Oyster Plate, the six wells molded as seashells glazed in deep pastel pink, the wells separated by shells and seawee...

Pottery majolica glazed handled jug decorated in the bullrush and lily pattern by George Jones and dating from around 1875. The jug is hand painted in tones of green, brown and yello...

George Jones majolica jardinière, the cylindrical body with relief-molded white swans, waterlilies, pads, and cattails on simulated wa...

We are very pleased to offer a beautiful collector’s piece, a George Jones Majolica Oyster Plate, circa the late 1800s. George Jones is on...

Impressed marks: 'GJ' monogram with crescent moon 'and Sons.' George Jones majolica date code 'C' for 1877 and painted design number '3477,' which corresponds to the entry 'Butterfly...

Impressed marks: 'GJ' monogram with crescent moon 'and Sons.' George Jones majolica date code 'C' for 1877 and painted design number '3477,' which corresponds to the entry 'Butterfly...