Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton (Suffolk, 1990), p. 298, for the original engraving of this jardiniere designed by Professor Gottfried Semper.
DATE CYPHER FOR 1856
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A Minton majolica jardiniere
Date cypher for 1856
Of compressed globular form, with entwined green serpent handles reserved on a turquoise ground, below a stiff-leaf moulded rim in yellow and green glazes, on a moulded foot with rope-twist footrim in similar glazes
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high
Date cypher for 1856
Of compressed globular form, with entwined green serpent handles reserved on a turquoise ground, below a stiff-leaf moulded rim in yellow and green glazes, on a moulded foot with rope-twist footrim in similar glazes
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high
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