A MATCHED PAIR OF MINTONS MAJOLICA OVIFORM EWERS AND CIRCULAR STANDS, THE HANDLES FORMED AS WINGED DOGS TERMINATING IN LEAVES, THE NECKS MOULDED WITH WOLF MASKS, THE BODIES MOULDED WITH RECLINING BACCHIC PUTTI ON MOUSTACHIOED MASKS, FLANKED BY MYTHICAL BEASTS AMONG RENAISSANCE SCROLLING FOLIAGE ABOVE ARCADED SECTIONS ON KNOPS AND PETAL MOULDED FLUTED FEET, THE STANDS MOULDED WITH SIMILAR PUTTI BEARING MEDALLIONS AMONG FOLIAGE WITHIN A CHAIN RIM RESERVED WITH LEAVES, ENRICHED IN COLOURS (ONE STEM BROKEN AND RE-STUCK, CHIP TO OTHER STEM), IMPRESSED MARKS, DATE CODES FOR 1873, 1874 AND 1876, THE STANDS -- 10½IN. DIAM., THE EWERS -- 13½IN. HIGH

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A MATCHED PAIR OF MINTONS MAJOLICA OVIFORM EWERS AND CIRCULAR STANDS, THE HANDLES FORMED AS WINGED DOGS TERMINATING IN LEAVES, THE NECKS MOULDED WITH WOLF MASKS, THE BODIES MOULDED WITH RECLINING BACCHIC PUTTI ON MOUSTACHIOED MASKS, FLANKED BY MYTHICAL BEASTS AMONG RENAISSANCE SCROLLING FOLIAGE ABOVE ARCADED SECTIONS ON KNOPS AND PETAL MOULDED FLUTED FEET, THE STANDS MOULDED WITH SIMILAR PUTTI BEARING MEDALLIONS AMONG FOLIAGE WITHIN A CHAIN RIM RESERVED WITH LEAVES, ENRICHED IN COLOURS (ONE STEM BROKEN AND RE-STUCK, CHIP TO OTHER STEM), IMPRESSED MARKS, DATE CODES FOR 1873, 1874 AND 1876, THE STANDS -- 10½IN. DIAM., THE EWERS -- 13½IN. HIGH

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