A MINTONS TURQUOISE-GROUND PART DEJEUNER SET

DATE CYPHERS FOR 1879 AND 1881, PRINTED PUCE AND BROWN CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND PAINTED CYPHERS, RETAILER'S MARK FOR JOHN MORTLOCK, LONDON

細節

A MINTONS TURQUOISE-GROUND PART DEJEUNER SET
Date cyphers for 1879 and 1881, printed puce and brown crowned globe and impressed uppercase marks, various impressed and painted cyphers, retailer's mark for John Mortlock, London
Modelled after the Sèvres Déjeuner Duplesis, painted with hunting and musical trophies within flower garlands suspended from bow-tied turquoise ribbons with gilt line-and-dot edges, comprising:
A trapezoidal two-handled tray, 12 5/8in. (32cm.) wide
An oviform teapot and cover, 6 7/8in. (17.5cm.) wide
A small cup and saucer, 4½in. (11.4cm.) diam., the saucer (4)

來源

Anon. sale; Christie's East, New York, 11 March 1998, lot 85

拍品專文

The trophies are similar to that of Charles Buteux. See Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton, Suffolk, 1990, 69 for an illustration of a similar déjeuner set and a note referencing another being supplied to Queen Victoria through John Mortlocks of Regent Street, London.