Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Auction: October 7, 2014 11:00:00 AM EDT
Deep rounded form, the bowl modeled as an orange rind encircled by mistletoe and holly picked out in colors against the cobalt ground, supported by the recumbent figure of Punch in brightly colored guignol costume resting on a mottled tortoiseshell base, the base impressed "GJ", registration lozenge, hand painted mark.
H: 9, D: 11 1/2 in.Provenance: Property from the collection of Debra and I. Michael Coslov, Haverford, PA.
LITERATURE: Marilyn G. Karmason, Joan B. Stacke. Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey. Henry N. Abrams, New York, 1989. pp 101-102, (illustrated).