Live Auction 5354Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A MINTON MAJOLICA CENTREPIECE
Lot 306

A MINTON MAJOLICA CENTREPIECE

DATE CODE FOR 1873, IMPRESSED MARKS

Closed13 May 2008

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GBP 2,250

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A MINTON MAJOLICA CENTREPIECE
DATE CODE FOR 1873, IMPRESSED MARKS
The shell-moulded bowl flanked by handles formed as mermaids, their heads raised and arms crossed, holding garlands of seaweed, supported on a shaped oval base
18 in. (45.6 cm.) long

Specialist note

This design was chosen by the factory to represent their majolica at several important exhibitions including South Kensington (1871), Vienna (18730 and Philadelphia (1876)

Cf. Nicholas M. Dawes Majolica (New York, 1990) p. 86