George Jones Majolica Partridge Game Pie Dish & Cover

Victorian, circa 1870. 6.3ins high, 11ins wide, 8.1ins depth. George Jones Majolica game pie dish which features a partridge on the cover with barley and stiff leaf decoration to the dish.

Rare, Indigo ground version.

Colouration: indigo, green, brown, are predominant.

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

Condition

CONDITION: Dish: Good.

KILN EFFECTS: a few specks of kiln detritus caught in the glaze to the exterior.

RESTORATION. Filled chip to rim and 3 chips to inner rim.

Cover: Generally good.

KILN EFFECTS: glaze run to the brown glaze;

small firing pits to the leaves.

RESTORATION. 5 sections reglued and joins retouched.

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