A MINTONS SÈVRES STYLE TWO-HANDLED TURQUOISE-GROUND VASE AND A COVER

DATE CYPHER FOR 1881, GILT CROWNED GLOBE MARK, SHAPE NO. 774 AND VARIOUS IRON-RED MARKS

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A MINTONS SÈVRES STYLE TWO-HANDLED TURQUOISE-GROUND VASE AND A COVER
Date cypher for 1881, gilt crowned globe mark, shape no. 774 and various iron-red marks
With applied beaded collar and fluted neck, flanked by upright loop handles terminating in foliage and pendant berried laurel swags, finely painted with a harbor scene of three youths securing ropes within an oval trellis and diaper foliate surround, the reverse with a ribbon-tied trophy emblematic of fishing, raised on a gadrooned knopped socle and square base
17½in. (44.5cm.) high, overall

Lot Essay

This elegant form is based on a Sèvres 'Vase Paris'. The craftsmen at Mintons were commissioned by Thomas Goode to study and reproduce many of the forms in his collections. In addition, they had access to over fifty different vase shapes found in Sir Richard Wallace's Collection. For similar models to the present see Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. I, pp. 434-446.

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