A MINTON DARK-PINK-GROUND PARIAN VASE by Charles Toft and of Islamic inspiration, the tall flared cylindrical neck modelled with six loop handles centred with blue bosses below a band of flowers and leaves in white pâte-sur-pâte enriched with half-flowerheads in blue and orange, the neck further painted with three blue-ground bands of green and yellow flowers and fret-pattern, the drum-shaped body painted in dark brown and applied in cream relief with wreathed dog-masks, on a flared dark-brown foot (neck and body restored), impressed mark and C. Toft, circa 1878

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A MINTON DARK-PINK-GROUND PARIAN VASE by Charles Toft and of Islamic inspiration, the tall flared cylindrical neck modelled with six loop handles centred with blue bosses below a band of flowers and leaves in white pâte-sur-pâte enriched with half-flowerheads in blue and orange, the neck further painted with three blue-ground bands of green and yellow flowers and fret-pattern, the drum-shaped body painted in dark brown and applied in cream relief with wreathed dog-masks, on a flared dark-brown foot (neck and body restored), impressed mark and C. Toft, circa 1878
14½in. (37cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, op. cit., p. 311, for a vase of similar form attributed to Charles Toft, junior. Although his father, Charles Toft, senior is mainly associated with Henri Deux wares, F. Rhead comments in Staffordshire Pots and Potters that he also worked with Léon Arnoux in the production of pâte-sur-pâte wares and it is possible that this vase was designed and painted by Toft, senior.

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