A MINTON MAJOLICA FIGURAL SWEETMEAT DISH EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING AND SUMMER, A MINTON MAJOLICA FIGURAL SWEETMEAT DISH EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING AND SUMMER

A MINTON MAJOLICA FIGURAL SWEETMEAT DISH EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING AND SUMMER

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A MINTON MAJOLICA FIGURAL SWEETMEAT DISH EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING AND SUMMER
Circa 1868, impressed uppercase and various marks, painted 2, shape no. 365, after a model by Albert Carrier-Belleuse
Modelled as two putti draped in garlands of wheat and flowers, flanking a large shell, on a leaf-moulded oval rockwork base
11 in. (28 cm.) high

Lot Essay

For similar examples, see Paul Atterbury, ed., The Parian Phenomenon, 1989, p. 90, fig. 146 and an anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 11 March 1997, lot 170. Featured in the London International Exhibition of 1862 were several variations of Carrier's labourers group, including this form.

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