A MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE TEAL-GROUND PILGRIM FLASK

DATED GILT PARIS EXHIBITION MARK FOR 1878, INDISTINCT CYPHER AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, AB MONOGRAM FOR ALBOIN BIRKS

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A MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE TEAL-GROUND PILGRIM FLASK
Dated gilt Paris Exhibition mark for 1878, indistinct cypher and impressed uppercase mark, AB monogram for Alboin Birks
With lightly scalloped loop handles enriched in gilt and with resist flowerheads, the body decorated in white slip with small birds on oak branches, the reverse with berried vine and scattered insects
10in. (25.4cm.) high

拍品專文

Please note the mark on this piece is a special printed mark on ware made for and exhibited at the 1878 Paris Exhibition. Alboin Birks is listed as one of the top decorators at Mintons working in pâte-sur-pâte circa 1876-1937.