The majolica game pie dish was a profoundly Victorian object. Depictions of deathly imagery on a household product can today seem strange and even distasteful, however these majolica game pie dishes draw upon Victorians’ complicated understanding of man’s place in nature, entangled with issues of science, morality, and mortality. This George Jones game pie dish, made circa 1867-69, furthers Victorian notions of nature while illustrating a transition away from the Naturalism style to Revivalist and Aesthetic movements.
The majolica game pie dish was a profoundly Victorian object. Depictions of deathly imagery on a household product can today seem strange and even distasteful, however these majolica game pie dishes draw upon Victorians’ complicated understanding of man’s place in nature, entangled with issues of science, morality, and mortality. This George Jones game pie dish, made circa 1867-69, furthers Victorian notions of nature while illustrating a transition away from the Naturalism style to Revivalist and Aesthetic movements.
Condition
Excellent. Minor chips to glaze around rim.
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Literature
Blake-Roberts, Gaye and Susan Weber. “From Teapots to Flowerpots: The Use of Majolica in the Victorian Home” In Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915 vol. 1, ed. Susan Weber et al. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Identical example illus. pg 125 Fig. 5.35.
Cluett, Robert E. George Jones Ceramics 1861-1951. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1998. Identical example illus. pg 42.
Excellent. Minor chips to glaze around rim.
For a detailed condition report, please contact us.
Blake-Roberts, Gaye and Susan Weber. “From Teapots to Flowerpots: The Use of Majolica in the Victorian Home” In Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915 vol. 1, ed. Susan Weber et al. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Identical example illus. pg 125 Fig. 5.35.
Cluett, Robert E. George Jones Ceramics 1861-1951. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1998. Identical example illus. pg 42.
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