Lot Details
Lot 116
George Jones Majolica Thatched Cheese Dome and Stand
Circa 1872
Naturalistically modeled as a thatched bee skep, the conical roof bound by rope, the top surface of the faux-wood platform glazed turquoise, on four faux timber feet, impressed registry diamond for 18 October 1872, parcel 5, black painted shape no. 3279 and X. Height 13 3/8 inches.
Literature:
Darra Goldstein, Cheese Under Cover, Cured, Fall, 2016.
Eve M. Kahn, The Magazine Antiques, Ceramic Dynamic: Majolica, 17 May 2020, May/June, fig. 16. Marilyn G. Karmason, Antiques, 'Victorian Majolica', February 1990, pl. III, and the corresponding George Jones & Son pattern book page, pl. IIIa. Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 154, fig. 2.
Exhibited:
'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-579; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.138; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 October 2022-29 January 2023.
Reference:
Robert Cluett, George Jones Ceramics, 1861-1951, p. 49, figs. 65-66; and p. 50, fig. 67, for an engraving including this form taken from the Art Journal Illustrated for the International Exhibition, Vienna (1873). Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 113, fig. 197, for a design drawing of six variant cheese keepers. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 89 for a page from a George Jones & Sons pattern book, circa 1873, featuring cheese keepers. Robert Cluett, George Jones Ceramics 1861-1951, p. 49.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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