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Lot 81

A George Jones majolica butterfly box and cover, circa 1875

15 December 2020, 14:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A George Jones majolica butterfly box and cover, circa 1875

The cover shaped as a colourful butterfly, resting on a box moulded with yellow flowers with stiff green leaves against a mottled green and brown ground, with a turquoise interior and yellow rim, 9.9cm wide, moulded registration lozenge for 1874 (2)

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A similar box and cover is illustrated by Karmason and Stacke, Majolica (1989), p.102. Deeper versions of these boxes were produced as part of extensive dressing table sets, one of which was sold by Bonhams on 3 October 2012, lot 249.

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