AN ENGLISH MAJOLICA COBALT-BLUE GROUND JARDINIERE
AN ENGLISH MAJOLICA COBALT-BLUE GROUND JARDINIERE

IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK FOR MINTONS, DATE CYPHER FOR 1865

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AN ENGLISH MAJOLICA COBALT-BLUE GROUND JARDINIERE
IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK FOR MINTONS, DATE CYPHER FOR 1865
The pear-shaped body with everted gadrooned rim, applied with six pilasters headed by lion masks and terminating in paw feet
17 3/8 in. (44.2 cm) high

Lot Essay

See Bergesen, p. 49, colour pl. VIII, for two similar jardinières dated 1871, shape no. 1023. Also see Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, King Street, 1 October 2002, lot 46 for slightly smaller examples.

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