Lot Essay
See the example sold in these rooms, 20 June 2001, lot 81.
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YEAR CYPHER FOR 1863, IMPRESSED MARKS, SHAPE 873
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A Minton majolica figure from a centrepiece
Year cypher for 1863, impressed marks, shape 873
Modelled as a bacchic putto, his head garlanded with fruiting vines and ivy, wearing a pelt, a satchel over his left shoulder and holding pipes and a cymbol in his left hand, on circular base moulded with rockwork and leaves and flowerheads and mottled in a green and brown glaze, with replacement gilt-metal shallow basket (basket a replacement, some stained glaze crazing and slight cracks to each foot)
18 5/8 in. (47.4 cm.) high overall
Year cypher for 1863, impressed marks, shape 873
Modelled as a bacchic putto, his head garlanded with fruiting vines and ivy, wearing a pelt, a satchel over his left shoulder and holding pipes and a cymbol in his left hand, on circular base moulded with rockwork and leaves and flowerheads and mottled in a green and brown glaze, with replacement gilt-metal shallow basket (basket a replacement, some stained glaze crazing and slight cracks to each foot)
18 5/8 in. (47.4 cm.) high overall