A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE OLIVE-GREEN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

SIGNED AND DATED L.(OUIS) SOLON (18)79, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK

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A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE OLIVE-GREEN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
SIGNED AND DATED L.(OUIS) SOLON (18)79, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK
FINELY PAINTED AND HAND-TOOLED IN WHITE SLIP WITH A SCANTILY DRAPED MAIDEN STANDING BEHIND A TABLE LADEN WITH MINIATURE MODELS OF PUTTI, OFFERING ONE TO FOUR GENTLEMAN SUITORS EACH WITH HIS OWN ALLURING CHARM, THE FIRST HOLDING A PLUMP PURSE, THE SECOND EXTENDING FLOWERS, THE THIRD WITH A LYRE AT HIS BACK AND THE FOURTH IN THE GUISE OF A WARRIOR
8½ X 15¾ IN. (21.5 X 40 CM.), WITH TWO AESTHETIC PERIOD BLACK FOLIATE MOLDED FRAMES

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LIPPINCOTT COLLECTION NO. 404 (PAPER LABEL VERSO) TO PLAQUE AND TO ONE FRAME

拍品專文

IT IS LIKELY THAT THE PRESENT LOT WAS OWNED BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT & COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA PUBLISHING FAME. BOTH THE PLAQUE AND ONE OF THE TWO FRAMES BEAR LABELS MARKING THEM AS 'LIPPINCOTT' INVENTORY AND THE FRAME BACKING DISPLAYS A STICKER FOR EARLES' GALLERIES, PHILADELPHIA (18)95. TO STRENGHTEN THIS CONNECTION IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT J.B. LIPPINCOTT & COMPANY IS RECORDED AS HAVING PRE-SUBSCRIBED TO SOLON'S LIMITED EDITION BOOK THE ART OF THE OLD ENGLISH POTTER: L.M. SOLON WITH FIFTY ETCHINGS BY THE AUTHOR, LONDON, 1883. SEE P. 213 FOR A LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS.