Lot Details
Lot 123
George Jones Majolica 'Apple Blossom and Fence' Butter Dish Cover and Stand
Circa 1875
Of coopered barrel form molded with wreaths of entwined flowering vine, the cover handle as a twisted green vine, the stand similarly molded, together with a replacement glass liner, impressed GJ monogram mark, black painted shape no. 1431 and 20. Diameter 8 inches.
Literature:
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 207, fig. 30.18.
Exhibited:
'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-644; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.201; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 October 2022-29 January 2023.
Reference:
KL001588. A close variant of this model with recumbent cow knop was made by Griffen, Smith & Hill, Etruscan Majolica, ref. KL001579. 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, a larger associated version of the present model designed for stilton cheese (no. 1750).
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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