A MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE CHOCOLATE-BROWN TWO-HANDLED PILGRIM BOTTLE
A MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE CHOCOLATE-BROWN TWO-HANDLED PILGRIM BOTTLE

CIRCA 1875, GILT CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, FRA MONOGRAM FOR FREDERICK ALFRED RHEAD

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A MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE CHOCOLATE-BROWN TWO-HANDLED PILGRIM BOTTLE
Circa 1875, gilt crowned globe and impressed uppercase marks, FRA monogram for Frederick Alfred Rhead
Finely painted and hand tooled in white slip with a seated Bacchante resting a wine ewer in her lap, spilling fruit and an upturn jug at her feet, within a ribbon-tied berried surround, the chocolate parian ground enriched with gilt stars
10in. (25.4cm.) high
Literature
See Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Year of Design & Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 210 for an illustration and discussion on the present flask; Also see Art and Industry, Selected Items from the Royal Crown Derby and Minton Museum, Sotheby's, London, 8 November 1999, lot 62; and Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramics Relief Decoration 1849-1992, Essex, 1992, cl. pl. XV.

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