A pair of Minton twin-handled 'cloisonné' Vases, designed by Dr. Christopher Dresser, each with tall flared cylindrical neck, gilt and polychrome enamel decoration of floral reserves on a turquoise ground, (minor chip to one foot, refixed) each with impressed Minton marks and numbered 1592, c.1871

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A pair of Minton twin-handled 'cloisonné' Vases, designed by Dr. Christopher Dresser, each with tall flared cylindrical neck, gilt and polychrome enamel decoration of floral reserves on a turquoise ground, (minor chip to one foot, refixed) each with impressed Minton marks and numbered 1592, c.1871
28cm. high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, Nineteenth Century Design, from Pugin to Mackintosh, London 1993, p.149, pl.184

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