George Jones Majolica cheese keep which features an overlapping leaf border and cow finial. Pink ground version. Colouration: green, ochre, pink, are predominant. The piece bears maker’s marks for the George Jones pottery. Book reference ,’Majolica’ by Nicholas M. Dawes, page 113, figure 197.
Dome: Generally good. KILN EFFECTS: thin glaze application in places to the ground. RESTORATION. Both cow’s horns remodelled. Two stabilised and retouched cracks to body of dome. Retouched flakes to base edge. Stand: Generally good. No restoration. Three tight 1 inch hairlines to rim. KILN EFFECTS: craze lines to the interior.
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