A MINTONS BONE CHINA SHIP'S POT-POURRI VASE AND COVER with an oval boat-shaped body and a mazarine ground enriched with gilt oeils de perdrix, painted with two vignettes of exotic birds in landscapes within green and gilt shaped oval cartouches, the sides modelled with two masks above green cartouches outlined with garlands on white bands edged with chased gilt palm-fronds, the cover pierced with white rigging and green and gilt scale-pattern and with a white fluttering pennant enriched with gilt fleurs-de-lys around the top mast, on four scroll feet, impressed and gilt marks, John Mortlock, London retailer's mark, dated 1879

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A MINTONS BONE CHINA SHIP'S POT-POURRI VASE AND COVER with an oval boat-shaped body and a mazarine ground enriched with gilt oeils de perdrix, painted with two vignettes of exotic birds in landscapes within green and gilt shaped oval cartouches, the sides modelled with two masks above green cartouches outlined with garlands on white bands edged with chased gilt palm-fronds, the cover pierced with white rigging and green and gilt scale-pattern and with a white fluttering pennant enriched with gilt fleurs-de-lys around the top mast, on four scroll feet, impressed and gilt marks, John Mortlock, London retailer's mark, dated 1879
18¼in. (46cm.) high

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A reproduction of the Sèvres vaisseau à mat vase, manufactured 1758-1862, of which examples can be found in the Royal Collection and the Wallace Collection.
An admirer of French design and craftsmanship, Herbert Minton exhibited wares which copied Sèvres originals at the international exhibitions at Crystal Palace, 1851, in Paris, 1855 and in London, 1862, which were received with great acclaim
Cf. Joan Jones, op. cit., pls. 84 and 85

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