George Jones Majolica Partridge game pie dish & cover

Victorian, circa 1870. 5.3ins high, 10ins wide, 7.5ins depth.

George Jones Majolica game pie dish which features a partridge on the cover with barley and stiff leaf decoration to the dish.



Turquoise ground version.



Colouration: turquoise, green, brown, are predominant.





The piece bears maker's marks for the George Jones pottery.







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

Condition

Dish: Good. No restoration.

Two flakes to exterior.





Some wear around the rim.





KILN EFFECTS: a small firing pit,



slight kiln grit and glaze pops to exterior and interior.















Cover: Good. KILN EFFECTS: staining to craze lines to partridge;





flecks of stray coloured glaze to turquoise ground;



glaze run to the brown glazes.







RESTORATION: stabilised and retouched crack to rim.





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