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Lot Essay
The crown and ermine mark frequently occurs on high quality wares, including many pieces intended for exhibition.
For a Sèvres example circa 1772 in the British Royal Collection (Laking no. 130), see Marcelle Brunet and Tamara Préaud, Sèvres des Origines a Nos Jours, Fribourg, 1978, p. 188, fig. 193. Also see Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton, Suffolk, 1990, p. 170 for a virtually identical bone china example and p. 90 for a similar parian model decorated in pâte-sur-pâte by Louis Solon. The Minton's shape books refer to this piece as the Queen's Vase and it is likely that they had access to the example that resides in The British Royal Collection. The 1901 Minton modelling book includes a drawing by John Henk, the Chief Staff modeller, with the notation, 'Drawing scaled to fired size from mould of Sèvres vase and stand - to send away.'
Also see Pierrette Jean-Richard, L'Oeuvre Gravé de François Boucher dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild, Paris, 1978, vol. I, p. 370-371, fig. 1537 for a related engraving by William W. Rylan of this subject.
For a Sèvres example circa 1772 in the British Royal Collection (Laking no. 130), see Marcelle Brunet and Tamara Préaud, Sèvres des Origines a Nos Jours, Fribourg, 1978, p. 188, fig. 193. Also see Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton, Suffolk, 1990, p. 170 for a virtually identical bone china example and p. 90 for a similar parian model decorated in pâte-sur-pâte by Louis Solon. The Minton's shape books refer to this piece as the Queen's Vase and it is likely that they had access to the example that resides in The British Royal Collection. The 1901 Minton modelling book includes a drawing by John Henk, the Chief Staff modeller, with the notation, 'Drawing scaled to fired size from mould of Sèvres vase and stand - to send away.'
Also see Pierrette Jean-Richard, L'Oeuvre Gravé de François Boucher dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild, Paris, 1978, vol. I, p. 370-371, fig. 1537 for a related engraving by William W. Rylan of this subject.