Lot 144
144
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, JUPITER, FLORIDA
A MINTONS MAJOLICA FISH-FORM TEAPOT AND COVER

REGISTRY PAD MARK FOR 2 OCTOBER 1878, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK

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A MINTONS MAJOLICA FISH-FORM TEAPOT AND COVER
REGISTRY PAD MARK FOR 2 OCTOBER 1878, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK
The fish of slightly oval form, the cover as its dorsal fin, the spout emerging from his open mouth, a seaweed-form handle with a snail thumbpiece at its back, on a base molded as scrolling waves
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide (2)

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Lot Essay

For similar examples see Christie's, London, 22 May 2003, lot 21 and 4 November 2004, lot 37 and The Harriman Judd Collection, Sotheby's, 22 January 2001, lot 5. Also compare the fish teapots illustrated by M.G. Karmason and J.B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, p. 205 and V. Creil, Minton Majolica, Oxford, 1982, p. 31.

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