A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE OLIVE-GREEN TWO-HANDLED BOTTLE VASE, 'ORCHIDEES.'

DATE CYPHER FOR 1881, GILT CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, SHAPE NO. 1819 AND VARIOUS CYPHERS, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON

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A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE OLIVE-GREEN TWO-HANDLED BOTTLE VASE, 'ORCHIDEES.'
Date cypher for 1881, gilt crowned globe and impressed uppercase mark, shape no. 1819 and various cyphers, signed L.(ouis) Solon
Of flask form, the striated cylindrical neck and foliate collared shoulder flanked by notched tubular gilt handles, finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a nymph sweeping a putto aside with a large orchid leaf, the oval foot with a beaded geometric band
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Solon's Illustrated Journal records this vase as one of a pair completed between the 11th of June and the 11th of July 1881. Solon visits the subject of Love being swept away through-out his career, but seldom with as gentle a touch as depicted here on the 'Orchid' vase.

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