Beschreibung:

George Jones Majolica Castle Tower Cheese Keeper and Stand Circa 1880 Impressed registry diamond, 19-V-G-5 impressed 1, m, c cyphers, black painted shape no. 3341 Molded as a crenelated castle turret, covered with ivy and ferns, the finial as a light blue pennant. Height 13 1/2 inches; diameter of stand 9 1/2 inches. Literature: Darra Goldstein, "Cheese under Cover", Cured , Fall, 2016. Suzanne Slesin, "Dishing for Compliments", O at Home , Fall 2004, p. 94. Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915 , fig. 18.26. Reference: Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica , p. 113, fig. 197, for a design drawing of six variant cheese keepers. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey , New York, 1989, p. 89 for a page from a George Jones & Sons illustrated price list, circa 1873, featuring cheese keepers. C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Some restoration