Lot Essay
See Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 223, for a similar drawing of this form from the Art Pottery Studio pattern book circa 1872.
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DATE CYPHER FOR 1877, IMPRESSED MINTON, N, 1 AND MODEL NO. 1348
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A PAIR OF MINTON PALE-BLUE GROUND 'PILGRIM BOTTLES'
Date cypher for 1877, impressed Minton, N, 1 and model no. 1348
Of moon flask form, the neck flanked by two gilt lug handles, printed and enriched with butterflies, moths and other insects in flight amid blossoming and fruiting branches
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high (2)
Date cypher for 1877, impressed Minton, N, 1 and model no. 1348
Of moon flask form, the neck flanked by two gilt lug handles, printed and enriched with butterflies, moths and other insects in flight amid blossoming and fruiting branches
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high (2)