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This plate is similar to the black-ground 'Femme aux daupines' plate which was exhibited at the Vienna International Exhibition of 1873.
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YEAR CYPHER FOR 1875, IMPRESSED MARKS, CROWNED GLOBE MARK IN PUCE
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A Minton pâte-sur-pâte plate
Year cypher for 1875, impressed marks, crowned globe mark in puce
Decorated by Marc Louis Solon with a nymph wearing loose drapes, holding a sail suspended from a pole which she holds behind her, standing on an amphora above waves, with three dolphins jumping up, monogrammed, on a dark-brown ground within a band with pale-green marbled panels divided by darker green panels, gilt dentil rim (minute rim chip and minor surface scratches)
9 1/8 in. (23.5 cm.) diam.
Year cypher for 1875, impressed marks, crowned globe mark in puce
Decorated by Marc Louis Solon with a nymph wearing loose drapes, holding a sail suspended from a pole which she holds behind her, standing on an amphora above waves, with three dolphins jumping up, monogrammed, on a dark-brown ground within a band with pale-green marbled panels divided by darker green panels, gilt dentil rim (minute rim chip and minor surface scratches)
9 1/8 in. (23.5 cm.) diam.
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