A MINTON MAJOLICA CIRCULAR 'CHRISTMAS' PLATE for the Crystal Palce Art Union, the brown-glazed well moulded in relief with a flower within a wreath of mistletoe, the pale-blue border moulded and pierced with cartouches of berried holly alternating with four smaller cartouches of naked putti, one holding a joint of meat on a tray, another with a goose, a third warming his hands on a log fire and the fourth holding a shield incised with script within a gadroon-moulded rim, the reverse with a mottled green and yellow glaze (crack to rim), impressed fascsimile signature and date code for 1859

A MINTON MAJOLICA CIRCULAR 'CHRISTMAS' PLATE for the Crystal Palce Art Union, the brown-glazed well moulded in relief with a flower within a wreath of mistletoe, the pale-blue border moulded and pierced with cartouches of berried holly alternating with four smaller cartouches of naked putti, one holding a joint of meat on a tray, another with a goose, a third warming his hands on a log fire and the fourth holding a shield incised with script within a gadroon-moulded rim, the reverse with a mottled green and yellow glaze (crack to rim), impressed fascsimile signature and date code for 1859

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A MINTON MAJOLICA CIRCULAR 'CHRISTMAS' PLATE for the Crystal Palce Art Union, the brown-glazed well moulded in relief with a flower within a wreath of mistletoe, the pale-blue border moulded and pierced with cartouches of berried holly alternating with four smaller cartouches of naked putti, one holding a joint of meat on a tray, another with a goose, a third warming his hands on a log fire and the fourth holding a shield incised with script within a gadroon-moulded rim, the reverse with a mottled green and yellow glaze (crack to rim), impressed fascsimile signature and date code for 1859
15½in. (39.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The art unions were founded with the aim of promoting public awreness of the arts and enjoyed the active support of Prince Albert. The Crystal Palace Art Union was founded in 1858; cf. Victoria Cecil, op. cit., no. 19; see also Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, (eds.), op. cit., p. 32 and ibid., p. 58 for a Christmas plate of different design

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