A PAIR OF MINTONS MAJOLICA CIRCULAR OYSTER-DISHES, the central turquoise-glazed circular wells surrounded by a ring of relief-moulded shells, the six pink wedge-shaped wells forming the border separated by tapering bands of whelk-shells and weeds (one with crack to rim and small chip to footrim), impressed marks and model numbers 1323, moulded registration marks for 1870, date codes for 1874
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A PAIR OF MINTONS MAJOLICA CIRCULAR OYSTER-DISHES, the central turquoise-glazed circular wells surrounded by a ring of relief-moulded shells, the six pink wedge-shaped wells forming the border separated by tapering bands of whelk-shells and weeds (one with crack to rim and small chip to footrim), impressed marks and model numbers 1323, moulded registration marks for 1870, date codes for 1874
9in. (23cm.) diam. (2)
Lot Essay
See footnote to lot 224. See also Victoria Bergesen, Majolica, p. 31, pl. 19