A PAIR OF MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE TWO-HANDLED SLENDER OVIFORM VASES by Louis Marc Solon, decorated in white slip on peacock-blue grounds with theatrical scenes of maidens wearing transparent drapery looking at their reflections in mirrors, attended by playful cherubs holding masks among foliage and drapery, the reverses with cherub sculptors seated on plinths chiselling masks of comedy and tragedy within garlands of winter foliage and arabesques, the waisted necks gilt with vertical lines and key-pattern and the handles moulded with gilt beads and knots, the flared rims and lower bodies with bands of gilt palmettes, on domed circular bases enriched in gilding, signed L Solon, impressed and gilt printed marks, model numbers 2810, date codes for 1894

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A PAIR OF MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE TWO-HANDLED SLENDER OVIFORM VASES by Louis Marc Solon, decorated in white slip on peacock-blue grounds with theatrical scenes of maidens wearing transparent drapery looking at their reflections in mirrors, attended by playful cherubs holding masks among foliage and drapery, the reverses with cherub sculptors seated on plinths chiselling masks of comedy and tragedy within garlands of winter foliage and arabesques, the waisted necks gilt with vertical lines and key-pattern and the handles moulded with gilt beads and knots, the flared rims and lower bodies with bands of gilt palmettes, on domed circular bases enriched in gilding, signed L Solon, impressed and gilt printed marks, model numbers 2810, date codes for 1894
21in. (53.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. a vase of this form from the collection of the late Dr. Alfred Murgatroyd, sale Sotheby's, London, 16 March 1965, lot 2. See also Joan Jones, op. cit., p. 198 for a pair of vases similarly painted with maidens among winter foliage

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