Lot Essay
Cf. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica (1990), p. 52.
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Details
A Minton majolica metal-mounted 'Tower' jug and cover
of tapering form, the shell-moulded cover with jester finial, the branch handles issuing bands of entwined ivy, moulded with four dancing medieval figures, on a ground moulded as brickwork, shape 1231, impressed marks, date code for 1867 (the cover with restoration) -- 24cm. high
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of tapering form, the shell-moulded cover with jester finial, the branch handles issuing bands of entwined ivy, moulded with four dancing medieval figures, on a ground moulded as brickwork, shape 1231, impressed marks, date code for 1867 (the cover with restoration) -- 24cm. high
See illustration
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