A PAIR OF MINTON ART POTTERY STUDIO STYLE CHARGERS
A PAIR OF MINTON ART POTTERY STUDIO STYLE CHARGERS

DATED 1880, BLUE STAR MARK, IMPRESSED IN 14 AND CYPHERS, SIGNED CH.(ARLOTTE) SPIERS

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A PAIR OF MINTON ART POTTERY STUDIO STYLE CHARGERS
DATED 1880, BLUE STAR MARK, IMPRESSED IN 14 AND CYPHERS, SIGNED CH.(ARLOTTE) SPIERS
EACH FINELY PAINTED WITH EITHER IRISES OR SUNFLOWERS WITHIN A CHEQUERED BORDER AND OCHRE BANDS
14¼ IN. (36.1 CM.) DIAMETER (2)

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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.

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