A MINTON MAJOLICA TAZZA with two cherub supporters, the quatrefoil dish glazed in turquoise on the upper surface and dark blue below, raised on the heads and wings of the cherubs kneeling back-to-backflanking two turtle-doves and holding wreaths of laurel, on a quatrefoil base edged with a band of yellow and managanese lozenges (some restoration to dish), impressed marks and model number 930, date code for 18??
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A MINTON MAJOLICA TAZZA with two cherub supporters, the quatrefoil dish glazed in turquoise on the upper surface and dark blue below, raised on the heads and wings of the cherubs kneeling back-to-backflanking two turtle-doves and holding wreaths of laurel, on a quatrefoil base edged with a band of yellow and managanese lozenges (some restoration to dish), impressed marks and model number 930, date code for 18??
11¾in. (27cm.) wide
Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, (eds.), op. cit., p. 213