Description
Lot 541
Sunday 12 Jun, 2022 - 10.00amA George Jones Majolica Game Pie Dish and Cover, Circa 1873, of oval form moulded with a frieze of rabbits seated among grasses and ferns, the handles modelled as entwined branches, the cover with a gamebird finial and its brood nestled amongst ferns and grasses on a turquoise ground, 14ins x 8.5ins x 8.75ins high, with diamond registration mark and indistinct painted shape number to base
Provenance: Sotheby's London, Auction 25th November 1997 - Lot 307. For a similar example see Marilyn G. Karmason & Joan B. Stake - "Majolica", 1989 - Front Cover.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £5,500