A MINTONS TURQUOISE-GROUND 'OVAL QUEEN'S VASE' AND COVER

MID 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED SCRIPT M MARK

细节

A MINTONS TURQUOISE-GROUND 'OVAL QUEEN'S VASE' AND COVER
Mid 19th century, impressed script M mark
Modelled after the Sèvres vase Pot Pourri Gondole, of boat-shape with gilt enriched rose finial, the quatrefoil lobed cover and shoulder pierced with pendant garlands, wheat husks and rocaille apertures, the body painted with putti in clouds holding a dove within an oval foliate surround, the reverse with a musical trophy, raised on four scroll feet
14½in. (36.8cm.) wide

拍品专文

See Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production, Shrewsbury, p. 78, for a watercolour from the Minton Ornamental Shape Books listing this form as shape no. 622 and p. 80 for a discussion on the ability of Minton artists to study Sèvres pieces from the Wallace's Collection among others; also see Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 September 1999, lot 118 for a similar later example.