Lot Essay
CHARLOTTE SPIERS IS RECORDED AS AN ARTIST AT THE MINTON ART POTTERY STUDIO IN THE 1870S. AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE TO THE FACOTRY IN 1775, MANY OF THE ARTISTS CONTINUED TO WORK IN THE 'STUDIO STYLE'. FOR AN EXAMPLE OF MINTON ART POTTERY STUDIO WARE IN THE SAME TASTE AS THE PRESENT PAIR, SEE JOAN JONES, MINTON, THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION, SHREWSBURY, 1993, P. 234.