Lot Details
Lot 1102
Group of English Green-Ground Majolica 'Lotus' or 'Water Lily' Table Articles
Circa 1869-80
Comprising two George Jones 'Lotus' dessert plates, circa 1869, both with impressed registry diamond (9-H-W-1) for 9 March 1869, one with black painted pattern no. 2245 and impressed omega cypher, naturalistically modeled, the central pink-tinged, white blossom reserved on a turquoise-ground, surrounded by large overlapping waterlily pads and pond leaves, the reverse splashed in brown and green, diameter 9 inches; English 'Pond Lily' compote, circa 1880, unmarked, attributed to Adams & Bromley, the top molded with a single lotus blossom surrounded by eight overlapping lily pads, the stem and tripartite foot applied with three addorsed herons, the underside in ochre yellow, height 6 1/4 inches, diameter 9 3/8 inches; George Jones 'Lotus' dessert plate, circa 1869, impressed registry diamond (9-H-W-1) for 9 March 1869, naturalistically modeled, the central pink-tinged, white blossom reserved on a turquoise-ground, surrounded by large overlapping waterlily pads and pond leaves, the reverse splashed in brown and green, diameter 9 inches; Joseph Holdcroft 'Water Lily' plate, circa 1875, JH monogram mark in a circle and black painted 708, the center molded with a cut water lily blossom and bud, the periphery issuing another, the plate as a lily pad, yellow center and line rim, diameter 8 1/4 inches; George Jones 'Water Lily' plate, circa 1870, impressed GJ monogram mark and A2, registry diamond (9-H-W-1) 9 March 1869, parcel 1 black painted no. 3112, modeled as a lily pad, the lower terminal issuing a white blossom, length 8 inches.
Note (Two George Jones 'Lotus' Dessert Plates):
It is interesting to note that this plate design at George Jones was patented more than once.
Literature (Two George Jones 'Lotus' Dessert Plates):
Majolica International Society, Karmason Library, no. KL001703 (the reverse).
Reference (Two George Jones 'Lotus' Dessert Plates):
KL001702 for a similar example from the Wanda Rawson Matthes Collection, GJ monogram and variant registry diamond (27-I-E-1) for 27 May 1872, parcel 1, patent no. 262951. Robert Cluett, George Jones Ceramics, 1861-1951, fig. 36, p. 39 for the corresponding patent drawing no. 227743 (Courtesy of the Public Record Office, Ref. BT43/68).
Reference (English Pond Lily Compote):
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 145, fig. 16.20.
Literature (George Jones 'Lotus' Dessert Plate):
Majolica International Society, Karmason Library, no. KL001720
Reference (George Jones 'Lotus' Dessert Plate):
Robert Cluett, George Jones Ceramics, 1861-1951, p. 39, fig. 36 for patent drawing 227743 (Courtesy of the Public Record Office, Ref. BT43/68) and p. 40, fig. 37.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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