Lot Essay
Cf. an example sold in these Rooms, 25 September 1991, lot 269
Details
A MINTON MAJOLICA FLUTED JARDINIÈRE AND STAND
Impressed date code for 1869
Moulded in relief with sprays of pink foxgloves on leafy stems and with overlapping ferns on dimpled brown grounds, beneath reeded green rims modelled with small scroll handles, the interior of the jardinière and the well of the stand glazed in pink (various surface chips and flakes to glaze, hair crack to base of jardinière, slight scratches to stand and interior), pierced for drainage, impressed marks and model number 1056
the stand 21½in. (54.5cm.) diam.
Impressed date code for 1869
Moulded in relief with sprays of pink foxgloves on leafy stems and with overlapping ferns on dimpled brown grounds, beneath reeded green rims modelled with small scroll handles, the interior of the jardinière and the well of the stand glazed in pink (various surface chips and flakes to glaze, hair crack to base of jardinière, slight scratches to stand and interior), pierced for drainage, impressed marks and model number 1056
the stand 21½in. (54.5cm.) diam.