A MINTON MAJOLICA TOWER JUG AND COVER, the tapering cylindrical body moulded in relief with a frieze of Medieval figures dancing around a tower, between horizontal bands of ivy-branches issuing from the entwined double-branch handle, the pewter-mounted hinged cover moulded as a scallop shell and with a jester's head finial (restoration to cover, slight crack to inner rim of jug), impressed marks and model number 1231, date code for 1870 | Christie's

Lot 248

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A MINTON MAJOLICA TOWER JUG AND COVER, the tapering cylindrical body moulded in relief with a frieze of Medieval figures dancing around a tower, between horizontal bands of ivy-branches issuing from the entwined double-branch handle, the pewter-mounted hinged cover moulded as a scallop shell and with a jester's head finial (restoration to cover, slight crack to inner rim of jug), impressed marks and model number 1231, date code for 1870

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A MINTON MAJOLICA TOWER JUG AND COVER, the tapering cylindrical body moulded in relief with a frieze of Medieval figures dancing around a tower, between horizontal bands of ivy-branches issuing from the entwined double-branch handle, the pewter-mounted hinged cover moulded as a scallop shell and with a jester's head finial (restoration to cover, slight crack to inner rim of jug), impressed marks and model number 1231, date code for 1870
13in. (33cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Victoria Cecil, op. cit., p.70, no. 80. See also Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, op. cit., p. 43

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