George Jones Majolica Cow Cheese Dome & Stand

Victorian, circa 1880. 11.6ins high, 12.6ins wide, 12.6ins depth.

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.

Condition

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.