A MINTON PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE TEAL AND LIGHT-BLUE PEMBROKE EWER

DATE CYPHER FOR 1893, IMPRESSED AND PUCE CROWNED GLOBE MARKS, INCISED NO. 7 AND VARIOUS MARKS, SIGNED A(LBOIN) B(IRKS)

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A MINTON PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE TEAL AND LIGHT-BLUE PEMBROKE EWER
Date cypher for 1893, impressed and puce crowned globe marks, incised No. 7 and various marks, signed A(lboin) B(irks)
With frilly mouth and beaded loop handle terminating in a Satyr mask, the central oval medallion with a maiden attended by putti with a looking glass, set on a pale-blue band decorated with scrolling rinceau, the reverse with a diamond-shaped portrait panel, on fluted socle and rectangular base
11¼in. (28.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-pâte, London, 1992, p. 144., fig. 108 for a similar garniture. Also see Geoffrey Godden, Staffordshire Porcelain, London, 1983, p. 331, fig. 507 and colour pl. XIX for a documentary photograph of Léon Arnoux, Minton's French Art Directory, in his studio holding this form.

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