A MINTON MAJOLICA FOUR-TIER REVOLVING OYSTER SERVER
A MINTON MAJOLICA FOUR-TIER REVOLVING OYSTER SERVER

DATE CYPHER FOR 1858, IMPRESSED ANCHOR AND CYPHERS, LISTED AS SHAPE NO. 636

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A MINTON MAJOLICA FOUR-TIER REVOLVING OYSTER SERVER
DATE CYPHER FOR 1858, IMPRESSED ANCHOR AND CYPHERS, LISTED AS SHAPE NO. 636
In two parts, the upper section surmounted by a triple sardine finial above graduated tiers of faux oyster shell pockets among seaweed, the base with hollow center and brass support pinioned to rotate
12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

For four and five tiered examples see V. Bergesen, Majolica, British, Continental and American Wares, 1851-1915, London, 1989, p. 23, fig. 12 and J. Jones, Minton, The First Two-Hundred Years of Design and Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 145.

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