Lot Essay
Cf. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica (New York, 1990), p. 83, fig. 141.
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YEAR CYPHER FOR 1866, IMPRESSED MARKS, SHAPE 431
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A Minton majolica match-holder
Year cypher for 1866, impressed marks, shape 431
Modelled as a female vintner, wearing yellow bonnet, pale-yellow skirt with puce edging, white shirt and green jacket, modelled standing leaning on a high-backed basket, a branch of vines to her feet, on shaped oval base (section of bonnet lacking, minor glaze crazing)
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) high
Year cypher for 1866, impressed marks, shape 431
Modelled as a female vintner, wearing yellow bonnet, pale-yellow skirt with puce edging, white shirt and green jacket, modelled standing leaning on a high-backed basket, a branch of vines to her feet, on shaped oval base (section of bonnet lacking, minor glaze crazing)
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) high
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