Tag: Aesthetic Movement

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.

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

Sunflowers with an Aesthetic Movement spin. Thomas Jeckyll, designer (1827-1881). Pioneer of the Japonaiserie that was so popular at the time.

Fireplace insert (detail).
Fireplace insert (detail). ca. 1873. but Anglo-Japanese in style. Gilded cast brass. Designed by Jeckyll and made by Barnard, Bishop and Barnard. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Fair use license. via https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O129227/fireplace-surround-jeckyll-thomas/

Andirons (sunflower detail). ca. 1878-1884.
Andirons (sunflower detail). ca. 1878-1884. Cast brass. Designed by Jeckyll. Manufactured by Barnard, Bishop & Barnard. Image © Copyright Toovey’s 2017-2019. Fair use license. via https://www.tooveys.com/lots/295285/a-rare-pair-of-late-victorian-aesthetic-period-cast-brass-sunflower-andirons/

Sunflower gates, main entrance, Heigham Park Norwich, England.
Sunflower gates, main entrance, Heigham Park Norwich, England. Contemporary gates made with reclaimed ironwork from the Chapel Field pagoda which was heavily damaged by bombing during World War II having been originally designed by Thomas Jeckyll to be used as the gates to the Heigham Park tennis court. In this location since 2004. via https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/2330430271