A MINTON MAJOLICA EWER MODELLED AS A BLUE HERON

DATE CYPHER FOR 1868, IMPRESSED MODEL NUMBER 1241, BASE SIGNED H.(UGUES) PROTAT

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A MINTON MAJOLICA EWER MODELLED AS A BLUE HERON
date cypher for 1868, impressed model number 1241, base signed h.(ugues) protat
Naturalistically modelled with its prey, a struggling pike, forming the mouth of the vessel, the oval base with tall marsh grasses and lily pads
21½in. (54.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Joan Jones, Minton the First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p.132 and Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Sacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 52 and 57