A charming and rare example of a George Jones majolica dish with a fox creeping out of the foot rim and over the edge on one side with his tail wrapped around the foot of the dish and up over the rim on the other. The dish has a white ground, ochre rim and overlapping bright green moulded maple leaves. Very finely modeled detail to the fox facial features, paws and texture of the fur.  Made in England at the Stoke-on-Trent potteries.

Marked to the back with black painted model number 2272 over 1 in unglazed thumbprint and diamond registration stamp. Design registered in 1869, and the lozenge mark shows date letter H for this date also.

25cm W, 20cm D, 10cm H

Condition is fair due to the crack in the white section of the dish and the chipped left ear of the fox. There are typical imperfections due to the firing process and kiln stand marks. Otherwise, in good condition. Please review all the photos as they form an integral part of this description

This item has been dated according to available information and using judgement and past experience. Items like this one were made over several decades so it is usually not possible to provide a definitive date of manufacture.

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