A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE APRICOT-GROUND PILGRIM FLASK, 'PECHEUR'

DATE CYPHER FOR 1871, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND SHAPE NO. 1348, SIGNED WITH AN MLS MONOGRAM FOR MARK LOUIS SOLON

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A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE APRICOT-GROUND PILGRIM FLASK, 'PECHEUR'
DATE CYPHER FOR 1871, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND SHAPE NO. 1348, SIGNED WITH AN MLS MONOGRAM FOR MARK LOUIS SOLON
Of flattened flask form with lug handles, finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a putto as a fisherman casting a net, the sides with stylized lotus blossoms
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Joan M. White Collection, no. 8 (paper label).

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Lot Essay

Louis Solon came to England in September of 1870 and was producing pâte-sur-pâte with Mintons by October 1st. The present example was among his earliest works with the firm. Solon's Illustrated Journal records this flask as one of a pair titled 'Pêcheur' & 'Chasseur' completed between the 11th of December 1871 and the 11th of January 1872.

A closely related flask was exhibited at the 1871 London International Exhibition and is engraved at the right by the Illustrated London News. See B. Bumpus, Pâte-sur-pâte, London, 1992, p. 103.

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