George Jones Majolica Cobalt Blue Oyster Plate, English, Dated 1878

A George Jones Majolica Centerpiece Jardinière, the cobalt glazed shaped bowl supported by two naturalistically molded and glazed doves, with ribbon-wrapped garlands and trimmed in yellow ocher, on a rustic mound with green-glazed leaves and ferns forming the base; the reverse with molded and applied blue cartouche pad, 'GJ' monogram, and 'STOKE-on-TRENT.' Design number 2225 for the entry, 'Dove Jardinière,' as recorded in the George Jones Majolica Pattern Books preserved in the Victorian and Albert Museum, Wedgwood Collection, and reprinted in V. Bergesen.* The design is documented in the Karmason Library of the Majolica International Society, Number KL001257 with the designation 'Rare.' We have been among the preeminent specialists in fine English majolica for over thirty years. BOOK REFERENCES: -Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 202 (George Jones Majolica Pattern Numbers, pp. 201-205). -Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States 1850--1915. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020, Volume Two, p. 246, FIG. 18.21. -CHRISTIE'S London, 19TH CENTURY BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL CERAMICS...

George Jones Majolica Lotus Plate, naturalistically molded as overlapping lily pads and lotus leaves, with a central relief-molded pink and yellow lotus fl...

A George Jones Majolica Lotus Plate, naturalistically molded as overlapping lily pads and lotus leaves, with a central relief-molded pink and yellow lotus flower on turquoise-glazed ...

George Jones Majolica large 'Rose Basket' 9.5-in wide in cobalt blue, circa 1872. Impressed British Registry mark stamp to reverse for 17 February 1872. George Jones pattern number '...

A George Jones Majolica Dessert Plate, with relief-molded pineapples and swirling green-glazed leaves, the center with yellow ocher-glazed simulated basketweave, the reverse impresse...

A George Jones Majolica Dessert Plate, with relief-molded pineapples and swirling green-glazed leaves, the center with yellow ocher-glazed simulated basketweave, the reverse with typ...

A majolica game pie dish designed by George Jones circa 1867-1869 in the ‘Partridge’ shape. The game pie dish is decorated with a lovely turquoi...

George Jones Majolica cheese keep which features a branch handle with apple blossoms. Basketweave to the sides. Cobalt blue ground version. Colouration: cobalt blue, brown, green, ar...

A George Jones Majolica Strawberry spoon, England, circa 1870. In the Aesthetic taste and glazed on the white ground known as ‘Albino.’ The green l...

A George Jones Majolica Strawberry spoon, England, circa 1870. In the Aesthetic taste and glazed in the white ground known as 'Albino.' The green l...

George Jones Majolica strawberry server, creamer & sugar which features a basket with two wells decorated with strawberries, leaves an...

George Jones Majolica tureen with cover which features a mackerel fish lying on a bed of fern leaves and reeds. Coloration: yellow, green...