A George Jones Majolica Dessert Plate, with relief-molded pineapples and swirling green-glazed leaves, the center with yellow ocher-glazed simulated basketweave, the reverse with typical tortoiseshell mottling, English, ca. 1870. Design number 1419.

LITERATURE:

Robert Cluett, GEORGE JONES CERAMICS: 1861 - 1951. Atglen, PA: Schiffer

Publishing, 1998, p.43, Figure 46.

Sotheby’s New York, ENGLISH MAJOLICA FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION. New York: Sotheby’s, Sale number 6958, March 11, 1997, lot number 352.