A MINTONS ENAMELLED TURQUOISE-GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

DATE CYPHER FOR 1882, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND O

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A MINTONS ENAMELLED TURQUOISE-GROUND RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
Date cypher for 1882, impressed uppercase mark and O
Painted with an oval still-life panel of fruit within a beaded gilt surround, the turquoise ground enamelled in white with a bird and butterflies in flight above flower sprays
6½ x 4½in. (16.5 x 11.4cm.)

Lot Essay

See Elizabeth Aslin and Paul Atterbury, Minton 1798-1910, Victoria & Albert Museum and Thomas Goode & Co. Ltd Exhibition August - October 1976, p. 65-66, pl. 50, cat. Ill for a turquoise-ground seau similarly enamelled by Désiré Leroy. Four of these seau are known, only two of which are signed. It is unusual to find Minton examples of Leroy's work as he was employed at Stoke for only a short period prior to establishing his fame at Derby.

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