A LARGE MINTONS MAJOLICA FISH PLATTER AND COVER

DATE CYPHER FOR 1878, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND 222, PAINTED A TO COVER, MODEL NO. 1979

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A LARGE MINTONS MAJOLICA FISH PLATTER AND COVER
Date cypher for 1878, impressed uppercase mark and 222, painted A to cover, model no. 1979
Naturalistically modelled as a broad amber scaled fish resting on a bed of sea-grasses, the finial as a sliced half-lemon
23in. (58.3cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Cf. anon. sale, Michael Strawser, Majolica Auctions, 27 & 28 October 2000, lot 1000, for an example of this extremely rare model. Here Strawser speculates that this form was produced for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Joan Jones, curator of the Minton Museum had heretofore only seen a sepia photograph of the model.

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