George Jones Majolica hare game pie dish

Victorian, circa 1870. 7.5ins high, 11.2ins wide, 8.3ins depth. George Jones Majolica game pie dish which features a hare lying on a bed of ferns.



Colouration: brown, green, ochre, are predominant.











Book reference,'George Jones Ceramics 1861-1951' by Robert Cluett, page 42, figure 44.

Condition

Cover: Good. KILN EFFECT: glaze miss to one acorn;



faint, over glazed shrinkage line to the rim.





RESTORATION: filled chip to rim;



stabilised and retouched crack from the rim to the centre.





Liner: Generally good. Wear to the base.



Staining from use.



KILN EFFECT: notable crazing.



RESTORATION: filled chip to rim.





Dish: Good: Some small flakes to the rim,



inner rim



and flange.





Wear to the underside.



KILN EFFECTS: piece of kiln detritus caught in the glaze to the interior.



RESTORATION: retouched flakes to ochre rim.











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