Collect your own majolica menagerie. George Jones & Sons Ltd, Stoke on Trent, England. Aesthetic Movement. Many of their pieces incorporate animals some of which are in other posts on this blog.

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Card tray, the finial formed as two dolphins with entwined tails, between two shells supported on branch feet. ca. 1870. Aesthetic Movement. English. Majolica ceramic. George Jones & Sons Ltd, maker. Maker’s marks: impressed mark. Image © Christie’s 2024. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-george-jones-majolica-card-tray-1743800/?pos=42&intObjectID=1743800&sid
Cat and bird figural dish featuring a tabby cat eagerly reaching for a bird perched on the edge of a basin. 1876, Aesthetic Movement. English. Majolica ceramic. George Jones & Sons Ltd, maker. Maker’s marks: GJ cypher and diamond-shaped English Registry mark, which was employed by the English patent office between 1842 and 1883 to authenticate English pottery and porcelain items impressed to the base. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2024. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/ceramics/george-jones-aesthetic-majolica-cat-bird-figural-dish-england-1876/id-f_36132512/?utm_content=paid&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwl6-3BhBWEiwApN6_kvdr7qlMKxaEVIDSCji14rJCDR7-IfL8kUnvFuJt6MydlHyatUQ4XRoC9XkQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Teapot shaped like a crowing cockerel with a realistic feathered lid, curved tail handle and rooster head with an open beak through which the tea pours. 19th c. English. Majolica ceramic. George Jones & Sons Ltd, maker. Maker’s marks: Impressed G. J. Pattern No: 3203. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2024. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/tea-sets/george-jones-rooster-teapot/id-f_668694/?utm_content=paid&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwl6-3BhBWEiwApN6_klfz5BVt_w1wf7SwUGVjdtC6bpHr4VrwcaDb7R9i2J9KonhvB-sxahoCktUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds and here https://lindahorn.com/v/ROOSTER+TEAPOT/P8219
Strawberry server, spoon, sugar pot and creamer featuring two blue tits perched on a trestle of twigs entwined with strawberries. Removable pots. 1875. English. Majolica ceramic, predominately brown, green, and pink. George Jones & Sons Ltd, maker. Maker’s marks: bears pattern number ‘3523’. Image © 2024 InCollect. Fair use license. via https://www.incollect.com/listings/decorative-arts/tablewares/george-jones-majolica-blue-tit-strawberry-server-518036

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