A George Jones majolica sardine dish and cover, mid 19th cen...

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£80 - £120

A George Jones majolica sardine dish and cover, mid 19th century, of rectangular form, the dish relief moulded with a continuous foliate frieze against a puce ground below a yellow corn ear rim, the cover modelled with three sardines to form a handle, the dish with raised twin lobed maker's cartouche to base (used c1861-1873), 14.5cm W x 12cm D x 8.5cm H; with a white glazed stoneware cheese bell relief moulded with ferns and foliage, 29cm high (at fault) (2)

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The sardine dish shows the odd firing pit and frit, the odd small glazing fault, fine surface crazing, and fine surface wear throughout. The cover shows a curved hairline crack approximately 7cm long to one corner.