A Minton majolica sweetmeat
A Minton majolica sweetmeat

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A Minton majolica sweetmeat
after a design by A. Carrier de Belleuse, modelled as a shell supported by two putto garlanded with garlands of vines and corn on a shaped oval mottled base moulded with seaweed, impressed mark, shape 365, year cypher for 1868 (some minor flaking to enamels and scratches) -- 28cm. high
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Lot Essay

Cf. Paul Atterbury, ed., The Parian Phenomenon (1989), p. 90, fig. 146.

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