Minton Furniture
English
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.
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Creator: Minton
Set of 9 Minton & Co Encaustic Floor Tiles
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of 9 reclaimed Minton encaustic floor tiles perfect for a period cottage or townhouse. The set comprises of nine 6-inch by 6-inch tiles in Pugin style with a repeating mustard ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Clay
Minton Majolica Marine Vase with Merboys
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features three merboys supporting a vessel adorned with seaweeds. The rim of the vase is modelled to depict breaking waves. Dark maroon ground version. Col...
Category
1860s Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Oyster Plate, Mottled Leopard Spots, English, Dated 1870
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Minton Majolica Oyster Plate, the relief-molded dish with six wells glazed in mottled leopard spots of green and dark brown, each well separated by shells and seaweed, the center wel...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
A Minton Majolica Ale Jug with Five Revelers in Medieval Dress, dated 1862
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
An Early Minton Majolica 'Tavern' Ale Jug, formed as a tapering medieval flagon, the figures molded in high relief and applied, depicting a man and woman dancing, a seated figure wit...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Game Pie Dish Majolica Minton Victorian Mid-19th Century
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
Majolica oval game terrine, featuring a palette of green, blue, brown, and ochre. Adorned with a woven basket encircled by an oak leaf garland, the lid showcases a prominent relief d...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Minton majolica game pie tureen with hunting dog, late 19th Century
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
This late 19th-century Minton majolica game pie tureen and cover offer a glimpse into the richness of Victorian dining. The cover features a meticulously molded hunting dog nestled a...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century English Majolica Floral Jardiniere Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Rare English Majolica Floral Jardiniere signed Minton.
H / 7.2 inches , Diameter / 10.5 inches.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique English Minton Flow Blue Transferware Floral Porcelain Plate, c. 1880
By Minton
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique English flow blue transferware porcelain floral plate by Minton, circa 1880. Maker's mark on reverse. Minton was a major English pottery and porcelain factory set up...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Set of 5 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Espresso Cups with Saucers
By Minton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Set of 5 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Espresso Cups with Saucers. The beautifully vibrant color hand painted small espresso cups and saucers, each single handle cup and...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Victorian Majolica Minton Lily Pitcher
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Victorian Majolica Minton Lily Pitcher.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Minton Dessert Service, Inverted Shell White with Monochrome Flowers, ca 1830
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning dessert service made by Minton probably around the year 1830, in their "second period". The service consists of a high footed centre piece, two square dishes, two ...
Category
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Minton Staffordshire Porcelain Candelabra Centerpiece Cherub 19th Ct
By Minton
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a single English Minton Porcelain Two Branch Candelabra, modelled as a Cherub holding on each hand an out swept candle holder, seated on an oval base above an ela...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
A Set of 7 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Coffee Cups with Saucers
By Minton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Set of 7 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Coffee Cups with Saucers. The beautifully vibrant color hand painted coffee cups and saucers,...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set 7 English Hand-Decorated Mintons Fine China Soup Consommé Bowls with Saucers
By Minton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Set of 7 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Soup Consommé Bowls with Saucers. The beautifully vibrant color hand painted Soup or Consommé bowls, each double handled bowl and ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Set 34 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Dining Plates
By Minton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Set of 34 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Dining Plates. The beautifully vibrant color hand painted dinner plates, each with a colorful floral design, an intricate trim an...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Set 30 English Decorated Minton Fine China Dessert Plates
By Minton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Set of 30 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Dessert Plates. The beautifully vibrant color hand painted dessert plates, each with a colorful floral design, an intricate trim ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Set 36 English Hand Decorated Minton Fine China Bread Plates
By Minton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Set of 36 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Bread Plates. The beautifully vibrant color hand painted bread plates, each with a colorful floral design, an intricate trim and ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Set 22 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Salad Plates
By Minton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Set of 22 English Hand-Decorated Minton Fine China Salad Plates. The beautifully vibrant color hand painted salad plates, each with a color...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Majolica Oak Jug / Pitcher with Snail Handle
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug / pitcher which features oak leaves and acorns to the sides and a snail to the handle. Colouration: brown, green, yellow, are p...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Set of 9 Minton & Co Encaustic Floor Tiles
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of 9 reclaimed Minton encaustic floor tiles ideal for a period cottage or townhouse. The set comprises of nine 6-inch by 6-inch tiles in Pugin style with a repeating white and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Clay
Set of 4 Minton Early 19th Century Red Oriental Garden Plates
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
A set of four (4) early Minton porcelain plates, unusually decorated with a red bat-print of Oriental flowers and bamboo branches, overpainted with colorful enamels and complemented ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Gold
Antique Porcelain Chinoiserie Plate Hand Painted by Minton England Circa 1810
By Minton
Located in Katonah, NY
Made in England circa 1810, this Minton porcelain dish is a masterpiece of English Regency chinoiserie.
The hand-painted scene exhibits vibrant colors, intricate details, and a playf...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Majolica Cellini Ewer Jug
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica ewer with a mythological theme which features putti, birds and vine fruits. The ewer has a tapered neck, with mask head and Sphinx handle. Sits on circular fluted foo...
Category
1850s Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Cherub Minton Jardinière
By Minton
Located in New Orleans, LA
Bearing a cipher mark from 1856, this mid-19th-century centerpiece stands as a crowning achievement of the esteemed firm Minton & Co. This accomplishment of such grand scale in ceram...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Parian group: Naomi and her Daughters-in-Law. Minton C1880
By Minton
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the great parian figural groups.
Parian is a form of pottery formulated to simulate marble, and it does it very well indeed. It was used extensively in the late 19th century ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Neoclassical Revival Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Minton Blue and White “Blue Willow” Porcelain Cachepot
By Minton
Located in Richmond, VA
Offered is an exquisite and extremely rare, large early 20th century minton cachepot, circa 1910s-1920s. This stunning European pottery is truly a masterpiece and very difficult to a...
Category
Early 20th Century British Chinoiserie Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Seven Custom Antique Dinner Plates, Fine Gold Design on Green Ground. English
By Minton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A custom ordered set of dinner plates from the Gilded Age Retailer Davis Collamore New York Circa 1905. This set of 7 plates has a nice wide green...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Minton Majolica Wheat And Leaves Jug Pitcher
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features corn forming the handle. The sides in the form of banana leaves. Colouration: green, yellow, are predominant. Marks include a factory speci...
Category
1850s Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique English Mintons Porcelain Chinoiserie Waste Bowl Circa 1830
By Minton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mintons (English, 1793-2005), circa 1830. A very fine quality antique porcelain waste bowl decorated in a rust ground and heavy gilding. A large pagoda is painted to one side of the ...
Category
Early 19th Century British Chinoiserie Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Minton Majolica Lily Pad and Flower Jug/Pitcher
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features flowering lilies and lily pads. Colouration: green, white, dark pink, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Minton pottery...
Category
1860s Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Oyster Plate, Mottled Leopard Spots, English, Dated 1871
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Minton Majolica Oyster Plate, the relief-molded dish with six wells glazed in mottled leopard spots of green and dark brown, each well separated by shells and seaweed, the center wel...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
A Garniture of Minton Porcelain Vases decorated by Thomas Steel c.1830
By Minton
Located in Exeter, GB
A Garniture of Minton Porcelain Vases decorated by Thomas Steele c1830. Each vase of 'Elgin' shape, finely decorated with a well executed panel of flowers on a marble table by Thomas...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Eleven Minton Porcelain Ball Dinner Plates Made for T. Goode LTD, London
By Minton
Located in Boston, MA
This is an exquisite set of eleven Minton Porcelain Ball dinner plates. They have a beautiful gold and white arabesque decoration of flowers with...
Category
1950s English Rococo Vintage Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Wonderful Service 12 Minton Ovington's Raised Gold Hand Painted Dinner Plates
By Minton, Ovington Brother At New York
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Service Of 12 Minton Raised Gold Hand Painted Dinner Plates Retailed By Ovington's New York, Seem To Have Never Been Used Some Retaining Original Sticker.
Category
20th Century English Belle Époque Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Secessionist ware vase pattern number 10
By Minton
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This Minton vase is from their Secessionist ware range and is decorated with the pattern number 10. The pattern is outlined by tube lining then filled with majolica glazes, in this c...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
12 Antique Minton England Elaborate Cobalt Jewel & Gilt Encrusted Dinner Plates
By Minton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant set of twelve dinner or presentation plates by the fine porcelain firm of Minton's of England. Custom ordered through the prestigious retailer of William Plummer, New York...
Category
1910s English Vintage Minton Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Gold
Minton Majolica Twin Handled Game Pie Dish & Cover
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and impressive antique English majolica pottery game pie dish and cover by renowned and sought after maker Minton and dated 1867. The earthenware dish stands raised on four...
Category
1860s English Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
Set of 12 Minton Gold Rimmed Porcelain Ball Dinner Plates
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
One of Minton's most popular patterns is named "Porcelain Ball” which features a large diameter plate bordered by a gold and white floral decoratio...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Victorian Minton Majolica Lily Jug/Pitcher
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features flowering lilies and lily pads. Colouration: green, white, dark pink, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Minton pottery...
Category
1860s Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Victorian Minton centre piece
By Minton
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting and very good quality Victorian 19th Century Minton porcelain centre piece, having two putti carrying a large vase.
Batch 75. N/H
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Minton Flow Blue Transferware Ironstone Serving Platter
By Minton
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique 19th-Century English Minton flow blue transferware ironstone serving platter, circa 1840. Maker's marks on reverse. This beautiful...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ironstone
Antique Set Eight Hand-Painted Minton Plates Depicting Fish Signed A. Holland
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite and beautifully made set of Eight Hand-Painted Minton Porcelain Plates Depicting Fish signed A. Holland originate from England, Circa 1900. The border of each plate f...
Category
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Majolica Strawberry Planter in Pink
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica planter which features strawberries, leaves and blossoms. Pink ground version. Colouration: pink, green, white, are predominant...
Category
1860s Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Aesthetic Minton Dinner Plates Set
By Minton
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A set of 12 dinner plates and 3 cake stands by Minton from 1874 featuring mint green borders and beautifully hand-painted butterflies.
The 1874 production of these Minton dinner plates corresponds with the beginnings of the factory’s Aesthetic Movement china...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Minton Majolica Marine Vase with Merboys
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features three merboys supporting a vessel adorned with seaweeds. The rim of the vase is modelled to depict breaking waves. Turquoise ground version. Colou...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of 19th Century Victorian Cobalt Vases Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of 19th Century Victorian Cobalt Vases Minton.
Decorated with white flowers.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Victorian Minton Majolica Lily Pad and Flower Jug/Pitcher
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features flowering lilies and lily pads. Colouration: green, white, dark pink, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Minton pottery...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique Minton Tile Splashback
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of 32 reclaimed Minton tiles, ideal for use as an antique tile splashback, entranceway floor or fireplace hearth in a period cottage or Victorian era property.
The set compris...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Clay
Victorian Minton Majolica Oak Jug/Pitcher with Snail Handle
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features oak leaves and acorns to the sides and a snail to the handle. Colouration: brown, green, yellow, are predominant. The piece bears maker's m...
Category
1860s English Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Reclaimed Tile Splashback by Minton & Co
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of 55 reclaimed Minton tiles, ideal for use as an antique tile splashback, entranceway floor or fireplace hearth in a period cottage or Victorian era property. While we have ar...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Clay
Minton Majolica Oyster Plate, Mottled Leopard Spots, English, Dated 1870
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Minton Majolica Oyster Plate, the relief-molded dish with six wells glazed in mottled leopard spots of green and dark brown, each well separated by shells and seaweed, the center wel...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Minton Bamboo & Flowers Jardiniere
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Bamboo & Flowers Jardiniere signed Minton.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
English Minton Pink & Gold Porcelain Coffee Espresso Cup & Saucer, 19th century
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and rare antique English pink and gold porcelain coffee espresso cup and saucer made by Minton expressly for Gilman Collamore ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Festive Victorian Minton Majolica Game Pie Dish with Gun Dog
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica game pie dish with liner which features a hunting dog asleep next to a gun, a powder flask and a game bag. Colouration: cream, green, brown, are predominant. The piec...
Category
1860s Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Set of Six Antique 19th Century Hand Painted Minton Earthenware Ceramic Tiles
By Minton
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
A set of six (one bonus tile thrown in of a double but in bad condition) Victorian hand painted Minton China Works in Stoke-upon-Trent, England, English tiles designed by John Moyr Smith...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
12 Minton French Enamel Pate Sur Pate Artist Signed Marshall Dinner Plates
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Minton dinner plates exhibits the beauty and quality of Minton's top of the line offerings. The acid etched gold border frames the three neoclassical reserves of raised paste gold and beading alternating with three blue reserves hand-painted with overflowing baskets of flowers in the French enamel technique. Most often this decorative technique is misnamed as Pate sur Pate but this technique is honestly French enamel. One reserve on each plate is signed by the artist Robert Marshall...
Category
1920s English Neoclassical Vintage Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th c. Minton Aesthetic Movement "Aquarium" Fish Plate
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This Minton "Aquarium" plate was part of a fish service which is a rare and sought after pattern. The celadon green ground contrasts beautifully with the vibrant polychrome decoratio...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
12 Dinner Plates Antique Minton Cobalt Blue Raised Gilt Medallion Swag C. 1910
By Minton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic and elegant set of 12 Minton England bone china dinner plates. This set features a nice deep collar of cobalt blue that is accented with raised tooled gilded swags and thei...
Category
1910s British Vintage Minton Furniture
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Minton furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Minton furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Minton furniture, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Minton were created in the Art Deco style in united kingdom during the 19th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Royal Worcester, Brown, Westhead & Moore/Cauldon, and Stevens & Williams. Prices for Minton furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $75 and can go as high as $34,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,463.
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Questions About Minton Furniture
- 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.
- What are Minton tiles made of?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Minton tiles are made with clay. Liquid clay is poured into molded patterns, and because the color is infused into the liquid clay, the tile remains durable and resistant to fading for years to come. You can shop a range of Minton products from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- Does Minton still exist?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022No, sadly Minton no longer exists. It was acquired by the Wedgwood group, and is now retired. The buildings that produced Minton pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, England were demolished in the 1990s and 2000s. You can shop authentic Minton designs from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- Is Mintons china or porcelain?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022China and porcelain can be used interchangeably, however, china gets its name from the country of origin. Products from the mid 20th century from Mintons are often referred to as ‘Minton china’ or ‘Minton.’ Mintons produces a variety of products including china, stoneware and mosaics. Shop a wide range of Minton’s pottery on 1stDibs from top sellers.