Lot 518
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A MINTON BAMBOO-MOULDED PART WASH-STAND SERVICE, the slender leaves painted in shades of green, yellow and pink within bamboo-moulded rims, the handles similarly modelled as sticks of bamboo, comprising a bombé-shaped two-handled foot-bath, 19in. (48.5cm.) wide, a large baluster jug, 15in. (38cm.) high, two smaller baluster jugs (one with slight crack to base), 12in. (30.5cm.) high, two circular bowls (one cracked in centre), 15½in. (39.5cm.) and 16¼in. (38cm.) diam., a chamber-pot, 5in. (13cm.) high, a sponge-bowl and liner (crack to base), 10in. (25.5cm.) wide, a soap-dish, cover and liner, 5¼in. (13.5cm.) diam. and a toothbrush-holder and cover, 8¼in. (21cm.) long, impressed marks and date codes for 1866

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A MINTON BAMBOO-MOULDED PART WASH-STAND SERVICE, the slender leaves painted in shades of green, yellow and pink within bamboo-moulded rims, the handles similarly modelled as sticks of bamboo, comprising a bombé-shaped two-handled foot-bath, 19in. (48.5cm.) wide, a large baluster jug, 15in. (38cm.) high, two smaller baluster jugs (one with slight crack to base), 12in. (30.5cm.) high, two circular bowls (one cracked in centre), 15½in. (39.5cm.) and 16¼in. (38cm.) diam., a chamber-pot, 5in. (13cm.) high, a sponge-bowl and liner (crack to base), 10in. (25.5cm.) wide, a soap-dish, cover and liner, 5¼in. (13.5cm.) diam. and a toothbrush-holder and cover, 8¼in. (21cm.) long, impressed marks and date codes for 1866

Lot Essay

The service was clearly inspired by the vogue for the arts of Japan which was given impetus by the success of the Japanese displays at the International Exhibition in London in 1862. The 'bamboo' jug was registered in 1866; see Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, (eds.), The Dictionary of Minton, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 341 for a page from the Minton pattern book illustrating this shape.

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