Lot Essay
Cf. Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Production (Shrewsbury, 1993), p. 132.
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CIRCA 1875, IMPRESSED MARKS, SHAPE 1214
Details
A Minton majolica heron and pike ewer
CIRCA 1875, IMPRESSED MARKS, SHAPE 1214
Modelled by Hugues Protat, the bird naturalistically modelled with grey, blue and white plumage, standing among reeds and lily-pads on an oval mound base, with a fish in its beak forming the handle and spout of the ewer, incised signature (minor chipping to extremities and hairline cracks to beak)
21¾ in. (55.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 1875, IMPRESSED MARKS, SHAPE 1214
Modelled by Hugues Protat, the bird naturalistically modelled with grey, blue and white plumage, standing among reeds and lily-pads on an oval mound base, with a fish in its beak forming the handle and spout of the ewer, incised signature (minor chipping to extremities and hairline cracks to beak)
21¾ in. (55.3 cm.) high
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