DATE CYPHER FOR 1895-1900, GILT CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND CYPHERS, INCISED MODEL NO. 2854, ETCHED 883, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON AND WITH MLS MONOGRAM FOR MARC LOUIS SOLON

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A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE CHOCOLATE-BROWN VASE
DATE CYPHER FOR 1895-1900, GILT CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND CYPHERS, INCISED MODEL NO. 2854, ETCHED 883, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON AND WITH MLS MONOGRAM FOR MARC LOUIS SOLON
OVIFORM, THE WAISTED NECK FLANKED BY GILT ENRICHED DOUBLE SCROLL HANDLES BI-SECTED BY A BEADED STAR FLANGE, FINELY PAINTED AND HAND- TOOLED IN WHITE SLIP WITH A SCANTILY CLAD MAIDEN TIED TO A MASSIVE ANCHOR STREWN WITH SEAWEED AND CORAL AS CUPID SUPS FROM A LARGE CUP SHE SUPPORTS, HIS BOW ON HIS LAP AND QUIVER AT HIS SIDE, THE REVERSE WITH A SEATED PUTTO OFFERING TWO FANTASTIC SPHINXES NOURISHMENT FROM CUPS, THE SIDES GILT WITH TRAILING IVY, ON A CONFORMING HIGH DOMED FOOT
20½ IN. (52 CM.) HIGH

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FOR ANOTHER VASE OF THE SAME FORM IN TEAL WITH A MAIDEN HOISTING A LARGE ANCHOR ABOVE HER SHOULDER, PROBABLY THE DESIGN FOR THE PRESENT VASE'S MATE, SEE THE ESTATE OF ROBERT HECHT, CHRISTIE'S, NEW YORK, 11 OCTOBER 1988, LOT 439. SEE JOAN JONES, MINTON, THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF DESIGN & PRODUCTION, SHREWSBURY, 1993, P. 197 FOR ANOTHER EXAMPLE, ALSO FEATURED IN MINTON VASES, 1999 CALENDAR, AUGUST; AND ANON. SALE, SKINNER'S, BOSTON, 12 OCTOBER 1996, LOT 97 FOR ANOTHER.

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