A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE DARK-CHOCOLATE BROWN CENTER BOWL AND COVER

DATE CYPHER FOR 1887, GILT CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, SIGNED WITH AN AM MONOGRAM FOR ARTHUR MORGAN

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A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE DARK-CHOCOLATE BROWN CENTER BOWL AND COVER
DATE CYPHER FOR 1887, GILT CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, SIGNED WITH AN AM MONOGRAM FOR ARTHUR MORGAN
In the Renaissance style, of chalice form, the domed cover with spire finial, finely painted and hand tooled in white slip with three mythological panels of Saturn, Neptune and Jupiter, each depicted recumbent holding their attribute, on a gilt seeded ground within a strapwork surround, alternating with floral vases set on elaborate pedestals incorporating teal-ground florette medallions and suspending fruiting garlands from masked panels, the bowl similarly decorated with corresponding arabesques, the ball stem and bell-shaped foot with strapwork incorporating baskets of fruit and classical masks, the interior of the cover and bowl gilt with a sun amongst stars
13 1/8 in. (33.2 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Arthur Morgan is recorded as an apprentice to Louis Solon circa 1877 and later at Doulton decorating pâte-sur-pâte vases.

For an example of this form see Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Schwartz Collection, Skinner's, Boston, 12 October 1996, lot 85.

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