Lot 441
441
A PAIR OF ENGLISH MAJOLICA TRITON VASES, the tapering turquoise bodies moulded in relief with white-berried green seaweed below fluted waisted necks edged in ochre, the interiors glazed in pale pink, the lower parts supported on the stomachs and backs of three young tritons with dark-brown hair and intertwined tails, on circular bases moulded in relief with cockle shells and with yellow and claret horizontally striped borders (both with cracks to base, one with chip underneath footrim, typical crazing to glaze), circa 1861, probably Minton

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH MAJOLICA TRITON VASES, the tapering turquoise bodies moulded in relief with white-berried green seaweed below fluted waisted necks edged in ochre, the interiors glazed in pale pink, the lower parts supported on the stomachs and backs of three young tritons with dark-brown hair and intertwined tails, on circular bases moulded in relief with cockle shells and with yellow and claret horizontally striped borders (both with cracks to base, one with chip underneath footrim, typical crazing to glaze), circa 1861, probably Minton
16½in. (41.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, p. 62 and also Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica', Exhibition Catalogue, Jeremy Cooper Ltd., p. 64, no. 59 where it is noted that according to the Minton catalogue, this shape was inspired by a vase aux tritons made at Vincennes in 1754

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