MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, RECORDED AS SHAPE NO. 631

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A MINTONS MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND 'VICTORIAN WINE COOLER'
MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, RECORDED AS SHAPE NO. 631
Of tapering cylindrical form, the rim molded with alternating fox and bear heads suspending draped pelts, the sides with fruiting grapevine centering a molded views of two hunters capturing a bear, pale-lavender interior
15½ in. (39.3 cm.) wide, 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Compare the examples in J. Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 156; M. Karmason with J.B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 43; and E. Aslin and P. Atterbury, Minton 1798-1910, Exhibition August - October 1976, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1976, p. 36, color plate 2. See The Marilyn G. Karmason Collection, Majolica Auctions, 28 & 29 October 2005, lot 454 for a complete cooler ($65,000).

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