Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Atterbury & Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton (1990), p.92 for an example with its stand.
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A Minton jardinière
the lobed baluster body moulded in high relief with foxgloves and ferns on a dimpled dark-blue ground, the foot moulded with a band of convolvulus, with a shaped reeded rim and leaf-moulded scroll handles, impressed mark, year cypher for 1862 (a flowerhead chipped and cracks issuing from hole in base) -- 37cm. high
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the lobed baluster body moulded in high relief with foxgloves and ferns on a dimpled dark-blue ground, the foot moulded with a band of convolvulus, with a shaped reeded rim and leaf-moulded scroll handles, impressed mark, year cypher for 1862 (a flowerhead chipped and cracks issuing from hole in base) -- 37cm. high
See Back Cover Illustration