Lot Essay
See Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Year of Design & Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 210 for a full page illustration of this model also by Solon.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE COBALT AND PEACOCK BLUE GROUND VASE
GILT CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, MODEL NO. 2443, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON, DATE CYPHER FOR 1893
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A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE COBALT AND PEACOCK BLUE GROUND VASE
GILT CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, MODEL NO. 2443, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON, DATE CYPHER FOR 1893
Of shield shaped, the shoulder enriched with scale-pattern, above beaded gilt lines, finely painted and hand tooled in white slip with Ceres holding a spilling cornucopia of flowers, the reverse with a gilt medallion and foliate scroll
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
GILT CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, MODEL NO. 2443, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON, DATE CYPHER FOR 1893
Of shield shaped, the shoulder enriched with scale-pattern, above beaded gilt lines, finely painted and hand tooled in white slip with Ceres holding a spilling cornucopia of flowers, the reverse with a gilt medallion and foliate scroll
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high