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A Large George Jones Majolica Cheese Bell with Daisys, Bees and Fence, ca. 1878

$7,985
£6,063.20
€6,933.72
CA$11,156.20
A$12,408.13
CHF 6,479.14
MX$150,993.78
NOK 82,748.52
SEK 77,603.52
DKK 51,749.02
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About the Item

A Large George Jones Majolica Cheese Bell and Stand, rendered as a beautiful summer's day, the domed lid and stand with a rustic fence and relief-molded daisies, wheat sheaves, and green-glazed leaves against a turquoise blue sky with bees, the branch-form handle with naturalistically molded and glazed blackberries and blossoms, the interior glazed in pink/lavender, the reverse glazed in tortoiseshell mottling with impressed factory date code 9D for September 1878. Of the two sizes produced, this is the larger. LITERATURE: Robert Cluett, GEORGE JONES CERAMICS: 1861 - 1951. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1998, p.69, Figure 129 (photo of the smaller size).
  • Creator:
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.75 in (32.39 cm)Diameter: 12.13 in (30.82 cm)
  • Style:
    Victorian (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Majolica,Molded
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1878
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. The stand has faint surface hairlines, two extending to the back. They are stable. The cover has one approximately .13-inch chip, which has been colored in. Overall in very good condition with no restoration. Crisply-molded.
  • Seller Location:
    Banner Elk, NC
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BAu8-yo-OMWET1stDibs: LU1302235776812

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