Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Atterbury & Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton (1990), p.124 for a similar plaque with a moulded frame.
Details
A Minton oval plaque modelled with Una and the Lion
after John Bell, moulded in high relief with the naked female figure seated on a drape on the back of a lion above rockwork, enriched in colours on a blue ground, beaded gilt-wood frame, circa 1855 (minor flakes to the reverse) -- 23.2cm. wide
See colour plate 3
after John Bell, moulded in high relief with the naked female figure seated on a drape on the back of a lion above rockwork, enriched in colours on a blue ground, beaded gilt-wood frame, circa 1855 (minor flakes to the reverse) -- 23.2cm. wide
See colour plate 3