Lot Essay
Cf. Victoria Cecil, Minton Majolica, London, 1982, cat.no. 35, colour illus. p. 43 for the model in majolica entitled 'Queen's Vase'
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A PAIR OF MINTON TWO-HANDLED VASES (VASES WITH RAMS HEADS AND FRUIT AND LEAVES, RAISED DECORATION)
CIRCA 1870, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND SHAPE NO. 649 TO ONE, RETAILED AT A.B. DANIEL & SON, LONDON
Decorated in blue and white enriched with gilt, each with fluted neck and rams head handles at the shoulder, the body moulded with trailing grapevine enriched with gilt
--27¾in. (70.5cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1870, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND SHAPE NO. 649 TO ONE, RETAILED AT A.B. DANIEL & SON, LONDON
Decorated in blue and white enriched with gilt, each with fluted neck and rams head handles at the shoulder, the body moulded with trailing grapevine enriched with gilt
--27¾in. (70.5cm.) high (2)