Lot Essay
Shape 438 is described in the Minton Ornamental Shape Books as a Tray, Sèvres Cross Bar. See lot 57 of the present sale for an example of this form made at Sèvres, dated 1771.
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DATE CYPHER FOR 1880, PRINTED GOLD CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED 18(MINTON)78 MARKS, SHAPE NO. 438 AND VARIOUS CYPHERS
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A MINTONS TURQUOISE-GROUND LOZENGE-SHAPED TRAY
Date cypher for 1880, printed gold crowned globe and impressed 18(MINTON)78 marks, shape no. 438 and various cyphers
Modelled after a Sèvres Plateau Losange à Jours à Anses, the lozenge-shaped tray painted with flowers and fruit reserved within an oval gilt surround edged with oeil-de-perdrix and harebells, four medallions of single birds in flight at the periphery, linked by tooled fruiting oak garlands, the everted sides moulded and gilt with zig-zagged turquoise batons enclosing trefoils and forming handles at each end
14 3/8in. (36.5cm.) wide
Date cypher for 1880, printed gold crowned globe and impressed 18(MINTON)78 marks, shape no. 438 and various cyphers
Modelled after a Sèvres Plateau Losange à Jours à Anses, the lozenge-shaped tray painted with flowers and fruit reserved within an oval gilt surround edged with oeil-de-perdrix and harebells, four medallions of single birds in flight at the periphery, linked by tooled fruiting oak garlands, the everted sides moulded and gilt with zig-zagged turquoise batons enclosing trefoils and forming handles at each end
14 3/8in. (36.5cm.) wide