VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A PAIR OF MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE OLIVE-GREEN AND CHOCOLATE-BROWN VASES EMBLEMATIC OF MELODY AND CACOPHONY

CIRCA 1880, GILT CROWNED GLOBE MARKS, MODEL NO. 1946, BOTH SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON

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A PAIR OF MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE OLIVE-GREEN AND CHOCOLATE-BROWN VASES EMBLEMATIC OF MELODY AND CACOPHONY
CIRCA 1880, GILT CROWNED GLOBE MARKS, MODEL NO. 1946, BOTH SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON
EACH OF BALUSTER FORM WITH TRUMPET MOUTH, THE TALL NECK FLANKED BY BEADED SCROLLING RIBBON HANDLES, FINELY PAINTED AND HAND-TOOLED IN WHITE SLIP WITH FOUR ALTERNATE RECTANGULAR PANELS OF DIAPHONOUSLY DRAPED CLASSICAL BEAUTIES PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND FOUR OF ENSLAVED PUTTI PERCHED ON EITHER TREE BRANCHES OR SWINGS RESERVED ON A STRIATED GROUND EDGED WITHIN A PATTERNED BAND OF GILT FLOWERHEADS, THE POLYCHROME NECK AND SHOULDER ELABORATELY DECORATED WITH BEADWORK, ACANTHUS AND ANTHEMION ON A GILT-DASH GROUND, THE LOWER-SECTION GADROONED, ON A CONFORMING CIRCULAR SOCLE AND GILT ENRICHED BLACK SQUARE BASE
23 5/8 IN. (60 CM.) HIGH (2)

Provenance

ESTATE OF WILFRED SWALL, PART I, SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK, 11 DECEMBER 1982, LOT 6
COLLECTION LABEL FOR DR. AND MRS. L.S. RAKOW

Lot Essay

SEE JOAN JONES, MINTON, THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF DESIGN & PRODUCTION, 1993, P. 192 AND 193 AND MINTON VASES 1999 CALENDAR, JANUARY, FOR A PAIR OF VASES OF SIMILAR FORM EXHIBITED AT THE 1878 PARIS UNIVERSELLE EXPOSITION. ALSO SEE P. 198 AND MINTON VASES, JULY, FOR ANOTHER PAIR ENTITLED ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL, AND ELIZABETH ASLIN AND PAUL ATTERBURY, MINTON 1798-1910, LONDON, 1976, P. 48, COLOUR PLATE 4 FOR ANOTHER SIMILAR PAIR.

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