Lot Essay
Cf. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica (1990), p.52, fig. 85
Details
A Minton 'Tower' jug and cover
of tapering form, moulded with dancing medieval figures, between bands of entwined branches and trailing ivy, the handle similarly moulded, the finial formed as the head of a jester, shape 1231, impressed marks, date code for 1867 (the cover detatched and with damages and repairs, chip to footrim) -- 33cm. high
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of tapering form, moulded with dancing medieval figures, between bands of entwined branches and trailing ivy, the handle similarly moulded, the finial formed as the head of a jester, shape 1231, impressed marks, date code for 1867 (the cover detatched and with damages and repairs, chip to footrim) -- 33cm. high
See colour plate 1