A MINTON MAJOLICA BALUSTER-FORM 'RENAISSANCE' JUG

DATE CYPHER FOR 1868, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, MODEL NO. 474

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A MINTON MAJOLICA BALUSTER-FORM 'RENAISSANCE' JUG
Date cypher for 1868, impressed uppercase mark, model no. 474
Modelled in the Anglo-French taste, with a nereid and a triton rising from the sea to clasp a flower suspended from the hands of a putto, standing on a conch shell, the lower bulbous body moulded with alternating panels
12½in. (31.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Nicholas Dawes, Majolica, New York, 1990, p 25 for an example attributed to Wedgwood; A Private Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 11 March 1997, lot 135; anon. sale, Michael Strawser Majolica Auctions, 23 & 24 October 1998, lot 876; anon. sale, Michael Strawser Majolica Auctions, 22 & 23 October 1999, lot 866

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