Lot 162
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TWO MINTON MAJOLICA 'CORAL SHELLS'

Details
TWO MINTON MAJOLICA 'CORAL SHELLS'
CIRCA 1868, ONE WITH DATE CODE FOR THAT YEAR AND PARTIAL IMPRESSION FOR MINTON, BOTH WITH IMPRESSED SHAPE NUMBER 966

Each bowl naturalistically modelled and coloured as a large conch with turquoise interior, the pedestal formed as a branch of red coral resting on a rocky mound applied with seaweed, on circular foot splashed in brown and green, one chipped, the other with restoration to the rim
24in. (61cm.) high

Lot Essay

It is interesting to note that Minton chose to display this model in the London International Exhibition of 1862 to demonstrate the versality and beauty of naturalistically modelled majolica. See Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production p.140, color plate p. 142.