A PAIR OF MINTONS ART POTTERY STUDIO PILGRIM BOTTLES

DATE CYPHERS FOR 1877, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, VARIOUS CYPHERS, SHAPE NO. 1498, DESIGNED BY WILLIAM STEPHEN COLEMAN

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A PAIR OF MINTONS ART POTTERY STUDIO PILGRIM BOTTLES
Date cyphers for 1877, impressed uppercase marks, various cyphers, shape no. 1498, designed by William Stephen Coleman
Of flattened spherical form, the ring handles bound with plumes, painted front and back with a Renaissance musician seated before a window and ceramic displays, playing a harp, a drum, a lute or the bagpipes, reserved on a gold ground, the sides with stylized flowers and foliage
13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 223-4 for a pair of the same form and for two pages from the Art Pottery Studio design book, c. 1872; Also see Elizabeth Aslin and Paul Atterbury, Minton 1798-1910, Victoria & Albert Museum and Thomas Goode & Co. Ltd. Exhibition August - October 1976, p. 69-70, cat. J14.

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