A PAIR OF MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE BROWN-GROUND CYLINDRICAL VASES

DATE CYPHER FOR 1898, CROWNED GILT AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, MODEL NO. 3331, VARIOUS CYPHERS, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON

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A PAIR OF MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE BROWN-GROUND CYLINDRICAL VASES
Date cypher for 1898, crowned gilt and impressed uppercase mark, model no. 3331, various cyphers, signed L.(ouis) Solon
Decorated in white slip with diaphanously clad amorous winged figures entwined with spiraling ribbons, the neck and foot enriched in gilt
7½in. (19.2cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Phillips Mount Street, London, February 1907, paper label
H.(erbert) Eccles, Neath, collection label, number (8)
Lender's label marked C. 147 and rectangular sticker, no. 842

Lot Essay

See W.B. Honey, European Ceramic Art, London 1952, p. 194, for an entry that lists Herbert Eccles as an English porcelain collector, with significant acquisitions from the Drane collection. His works are recorded in an exhibition catalog for the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea 1915-1916

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