A JOSEPH HOLDCROFT MAJOLICA GAME PIE TUREEN AND COVER Circa 1875

of oval form, the sides molded with basketwork, glazed in cobalt and set with twig handles terminating in berried holly branches, raised in conforming branch feet, the cover with a fox crouching over a white goose on a bed of fern leaves, decorator's mark of four dots, the cover with similar mark and the numeral 2.

The fox's right ear restored and there is also a tiny chip to the tip of his snout. There is a very minor pinhead chip to the underside rim of the cover at one end. The tureen with the corner of one foot restored. Generally good condition.
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