A PAIR OF MINTON PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE POLYCHROME VASES AND COVERS EMBLEMATIC OF WAR AND PEACE

DATE CYPHERS FOR 1871, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, SHAPE NO. 1684, VARIOUS CYPHERS, SIGNED L. SOLON AND MLS, RESPECTIVELY

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A PAIR OF MINTON PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE POLYCHROME VASES AND COVERS EMBLEMATIC OF WAR AND PEACE
Date cyphers for 1871, impressed uppercase marks, shape no. 1684, various cyphers, signed L. Solon and MLS, respectively
Each with domed cover and spire finial above radiating stiff-leaf tips, heart-shaped, with acanthus scroll handles, the front decorated in white slip with a goddess holding her attributes on a blue ground enclosed by berried laurel and trophies on dark brown panels, reserved on the celadon ground enriched with gilt, the reverse with an opposing putto standing on and flanked by further attributes, on foliate knopped socles
17 7/8in. (45.3cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

See Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramics Relief Decoration 1849-1992, Essex, 1992, p. 106 for a similar pair of vases designed and decorated by L. Solon for the London International Exhibition of 1872.

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