A MINTON MAJOLICA FIGURAL MATCH OR POSY HOLDER

DATE CYPHER FOR 1864, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, MODEL NO. 421

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A MINTON MAJOLICA FIGURAL MATCH OR POSY HOLDER
Date cypher for 1864, impressed uppercase mark, model no. 421
Modelled as a vintager in country clothes and hat, leaning on a straight backed wicker pannier, a cluster of grapes at his feet, on a grassy circular base
10in. (25.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Victoria Bergesen, Majolica, British, Continental and American Wares 1851 - 1915, p. 38, fig. 24; Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 60; Nicholas Dawes, Majolica, New York, 1990, p. 83 for the companion to the present example; A Private Collection, Sotheby's, New York 11 March 1997, lot 362 for a pair

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