Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton (1990), p.123.
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A Minton Palissy style oval plaque
moulded with a classical maiden pulling her brown drape above her head and over the putto beside her, an urn to her side, within a border moulded with alternate mask heads issuing cornucopia and winged putto heads, between green-ground moulded oval and quatrefoil cartouches, within a seeded rim, impressed mark, year cypher for 1871 -- 49cm. high See illustration
moulded with a classical maiden pulling her brown drape above her head and over the putto beside her, an urn to her side, within a border moulded with alternate mask heads issuing cornucopia and winged putto heads, between green-ground moulded oval and quatrefoil cartouches, within a seeded rim, impressed mark, year cypher for 1871 -- 49cm. high See illustration