Victorian Minton Majolica
Antique 1870s Serving Pieces
Majolica
Antique 1850s English Victorian Pottery
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Vases
Majolica
Antique 1860s Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica
Antique 1870s Victorian Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1860s Serving Pieces
Majolica
Antique 19th Century English Soup Tureens
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Platters and Serveware
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Antique 1880s English Victorian Pitchers
Majolica, Ceramic
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Ceramics
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique 1880s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Majolica
Antique 1850s English Victorian Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Pottery
Majolica
Antique 1850s English Victorian Pottery
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
Antique 1880s English Victorian Tea Sets
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Ceramics
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Decorative Art
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
Antique 1870s English Victorian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Vases
Majolica
Antique 1880s English Victorian Platters and Serveware
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Serving Bowls
Majolica
Antique Early 1900s English Renaissance Planters and Jardinieres
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Majolica
Late 20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Majolica
Late 20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica
Antique 1860s Victorian Vases
Majolica
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Planters and Jardinieres
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Vases
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Majolica
Early 20th Century English High Victorian Pottery
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1860s Victorian Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Vases
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Vases
Majolica
Antique 1870s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Majolica
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1870s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Majolica
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Decorative Bowls
Earthenware
Antique 1870s English Victorian Vases
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Majolica
Antique 1860s English High Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Majolica, Pottery
Antique 1860s English Victorian Vases
Majolica
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Ceramics
Majolica
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Delft and Faience
Majolica
Antique 1890s English Victorian Tea Sets
Ceramic
Antique 1880s English Victorian Platters and Serveware
Ceramic
Antique 1880s English Victorian Platters and Serveware
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Ceramics
Majolica
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Ceramics
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Vases
Majolica
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Victorian Minton Majolica For Sale on 1stDibs
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Minton for sale on 1stDibs
Pottery is one of the oldest decorative art forms, and Minton is one of its historical masters. For more than 250 years, the English company was a premier producer of porcelain and ceramic wares. Its factory was known for detailed and brightly colored Victorian tableware, including dinner plates and serving pieces.
Thomas Minton founded the Minton factory in 1793 in Stoke-upon-Trent, England. It initially made earthenware but introduced bone china in 1798. When Minton died in 1836, the company passed to his son, Herbert Minton. The younger Minton was a savvy businessman with an eye for design. He introduced glossy majolica earthenware to the factory’s repertoire and hired skilled artists and designers like Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, boosting the company’s reputation.
In 1851, Minton debuted its majolica at the Great Exhibition in London. It became a royal family favorite and was even used to tile the Royal Dairy at Windsor Home Park. Minton majolica was also displayed on the monumental Saint George and the dragon fountain at the 1862 London International Exhibition.
Colin Minton Campbell, a nephew of Herbert Minton, took over the family business in 1858. He led the company to the head of the 1870s English art pottery movement. In the 1890s, French porcelain artist Marc-Louis Solon helped modernize Minton with his Art Nouveau designs.
Minton ceased operating as an independent company when it merged with Royal Doulton Tableware Ltd. in 1968. It was the end of an era, but not the end of widespread appreciation for Minton ceramics.
In 1982, the ”English Majolica” exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum featured 75 Minton pieces. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art reopened its British Galleries in 2020, it included a display of three colorful Minton majolica bird sculptures. Minton pottery was also on display from September 2021 to January 2022, along with other English pottery, at the Bard Graduate Center’s ”Majolica Mania” exhibition.
On 1stDibs, find exquisite Minton serveware, decorative objects, wall decorations and more.
- What is Minton Majolica?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Minton Majolica is a type of glazing process for pottery. Created at the Minton factory in London, Majolica is a low-temperature, colored lead glaze used on earthenware pottery. You’ll find a selection of antique Milton Majolica pieces from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.