George Jones & Sons Majolica Cobalt-Blue Ground 'Empty Nest' Game-Pie Dish and Cover
Circa 1878
Impressed monogram and crescent mark, L 7 and x indistinct impressed registry diamond recorded as 27 December 1873, parcel - 7 black painted shape no. 3416, J to the base and cover
Oval, the shallow domed cover with a quail resting among foliage, the tureen with branch handles and fruiting oak terminals, both sides molded in relief with a hare and two bunnies. Width overall 12 3/4 inches.

Literature:
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 100.
Marilyn G. Karmason, Antiques, Victorian Majolica, February 1990, pl. VIII and the corresponding watercolor design in the George Jones & Sons pattern book, pl. VIIIa.
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, fig. 18.24.

Reference:
Robert Cluett, George Jones Ceramics 1861-1951, p. 55, fig. 82 and p. 56, fig. 83 (turquoise). Rosalie W. Sharp, China to Light Up a House, vol. two, p. 206 (turquoise).

C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

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