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A George Jones Majolica Game Tureen with a Quail and Her Chicks, English, 1874

$28,850
£22,193.34
€25,760.16
CA$40,685.39
A$45,574.48
CHF 23,937.36
MX$554,171
NOK 303,125.17
SEK 287,747.30
DKK 192,258.04

About the Item

A George Jones Majolica Game Tureen, the base with relief molded rabbits among ferns and grasses on both sides, with oak leaves, acorns, and ivy encircling all around the mossy branch lip, with two bound mossy branch handles, the lid formed as a nesting quail and her seven chicks, one tucked under her wing, the reverse with impressed marks: 'GJ' monogram, British Registry Mark for 27 December 1873, and painted design number '3371' to the thumbprint reserve, which corresponds to the entry, 'Hare Game Pie Dish Hen & Chicks,' as found in the George Jones Majolica Pattern Books preserved in the Wedgwood Archives, Victoria & Albert Museum and included in Bergesen. PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s New York, ENGLISH MAJOLICA FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION. New York: Sotheby’s, March 11, 1997, sale number 6958; Lot number 380. LITERATURE: Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, pp. 201 (George Jones Majolica Pattern Numbers, pp. 201-205. Robert E. Cluett, GEORGE JONES CERAMICS: 1861 - 1951. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1998, p.55, Figure 81. Marilyn G. Karmason and Joan B. Stacke, MAJOLICA, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey. New York: Harry N. Abrams Publishers, Second Edition, 2002, p. 100 and front cover. Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States 1850--1915. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020, Vol. II, p. 248, FIG. 18. 24.
  • Creator:
    George Jones (Maker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8.13 in (20.66 cm)Width: 14.13 in (35.9 cm)Depth: 9.25 in (23.5 cm)
  • Style:
    Victorian (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Majolica,Molded
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1874
  • Condition:
    Repaired: Minor invisible professional restoration to three chicks' heads.
  • Seller Location:
    Banner Elk, NC
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: MIN08ywMNWEE1stDibs: LU1302241291492

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