Two George Jones majolica sardine dishes and covers, circa 1870-75

both of rectangular form, the covers modelled with three sardines among seaweed, one with a pale blue ground modelled with a band of green leaves to the exterior, impressed GJ monogram within a circle; the other simulating basketwork on a fixed stand, registration lozenge, impressed numeral 10,

The blue ground example in good appearance, no damage noted. The larger example with a rim chip loose and separate, with traces of old restoration to rim, a corner of the integral stand broken and repaired with four sets of filled in rivet holes. There is some typical scattered glaze crazing.
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