YEAR CYPHER FOR 1866, IMPRESSED MARKS, SHAPE NO.1014, DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTOPHER DRESSER

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A PAIR OF MINTONS MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND 'CHINESE' VASES
YEAR CYPHER FOR 1866, IMPRESSED MARKS, SHAPE NO.1014, DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTOPHER DRESSER
Each in the form of a jar, the shoulder moulded with a band of alternating stylised flowerheads in lappets below a key-pattern band, the integral tripod stand with three beast masks above a foliate base pierced with scrolls
36¼ in. (92.1 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

Two vases of this form were displayed in A.B. Daniell & Son's booth at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition (see the steroptic image reproduced above). Christopher Dresser originally designed this 'Chinese bottle' form for the London International Exhibition of 1862. See Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 89 for two drawings of the form attributed to Dresser. See the example sold Christie's New York, 20 October 2009, lot 265.

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