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A MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE TEAL-GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASE
DATE CODE FOR 1894, GILT PRINTED MARK AND IMPRESSED MINTONS, SHAPE NO. 1653
The oviform vase with short handles rising from shoulder to rim, socle foot and further square base, the neck and shoulder decorated with pale blue doves with palm fronds on grey clouds, the body in pâte-sur-pâte with a frieze of a female pilgrim in gauzy drapery standing beside a sign post and tying her sandals, attendant putti offering food and drink, the reverse with putti calculating distances on a map--21½in. (54.5cm.) high
DATE CODE FOR 1894, GILT PRINTED MARK AND IMPRESSED MINTONS, SHAPE NO. 1653
The oviform vase with short handles rising from shoulder to rim, socle foot and further square base, the neck and shoulder decorated with pale blue doves with palm fronds on grey clouds, the body in pâte-sur-pâte with a frieze of a female pilgrim in gauzy drapery standing beside a sign post and tying her sandals, attendant putti offering food and drink, the reverse with putti calculating distances on a map--21½in. (54.5cm.) high