George Jones Majolica Strawberry Server with Bird, Complete Set, English, c 1870
George Jones Majolica Strawberry Server with Bird, Complete Set, English, c 1870
George Jones Majolica Strawberry Server, ca. 1870, the trefoil dish naturalistically modelled with blossoming strawberry plants and ferns on a turquoise and rustic ground, surmounted with a life-size thrush perched on simulated branches between two molded bird nests forming the cream and sugar holders; the reverse with impressed British Registry Diamond for 5 March 1870; with removable cream jug and sugar bowl, each glazed with tortoiseshell mottling, trimmed in yellow, the interiors glazed in turquoise; the serving ladle formed as overlapping green-glazed strawberry leaves banded with a turquoise ribbon.
This design is documented in the Karmason Library of the Majolica International Society, Number KL001954P with the designation 'Rare.'
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Book references:
* English Majolica from A Private Collection. Sotheby's New York: Sale number 6958, March 11, 1997, lot number 269.
* Robert Cluett, GEORGE JONES CERAMICS: 1861 - 1951. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1998, p. 64.
* Jeffrey B. Snyder, ANTIQUE MAJOLICA. Atglen, PA; Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2005, p. 189.
* Mark F. Moran, MAJOLICA. Iola, WI: KP Books, 2005, p. 210.
Dimensions
Height: 6 in. (15.24 cm) x Width: 10.5 in. (26.67 cm) x Depth: 10 in. (25.4 cm)