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George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Waterlily Tile, Cobalt Ground, ca. 1880
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George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Rare Tile, naturalistically molded in high relief with a large green-glazed lily pad and waterlilies, on a cobalt blue ground, the reverse with impressed monogram for George Jones & Sons, ca. 1880, 8.25-ins.
Dawes illustrates five tile designs by the firm "from the small range of majolica tiles...produced at the Trent potteries of George Jones & Sons, Stoke-on-Trent, circa 1880. He observes, "George Jones did not compete strongly in the decorative tile market, and examples from this factory, all of which were majolica-glazed, are rare."*
For thirty years, we have been among the world’s preeminent specialists in fine antique majolica.
Book reference:
*Nicholas M. Dawes, MAJOLICA. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1990, p. 121, figure 211.
- Creator:George Jones & Sons (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 0.25 in (6.35 mm)Width: 8.25 in (20.96 cm)Depth: 8.25 in (20.96 cm)
- Style:Victorian (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Majolica,Molded
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1880
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Banner Elk, NC
- Reference Number:Seller: deb921menq-11stDibs: LU1302226091892
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-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.
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