Minton Hand Painted Small Jardiniere or Cachepot

Name: Minton Hand Painted Small Jardiniere or Cachepot
Brand: Minton
Price: 785 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This beautifully painted and gilded small porcelain jardiniere, or cachepot, carries the Minton circular crown and ermine mark which was applied to only high quality porcelain and earthern wares of the period 1860-70, including many Exhibition pieces. Each of the four sides features a slightly raised medallion decorated with hand painted scenes and ringed with hand tooled gilding. It stands on four square gilded feet and each corner is topped with a small gilded pointed finial. The height is 127 mm, (5 inches) and it is 96 mm (3.75 inches) square. As well as the printed and painted marks, the base is impressed with the Minton mark and the date code, but the date code is illegible due to the glaze. It does suffer from very fine crazing, which is only noticeable under a magnifying glass. There are some faint cracks to one of the pillars on the inside, but they don't appear to continue to the outside.

Creator:

Minton (Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 5.01 in (12.7 cm)Width: 3.78 in (9.6 cm)Depth: 3.78 in (9.6 cm)

Style:

Victorian (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Earthenware,Enameled

Place of Origin:

England

Period:

1860-1869

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1865

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

East Geelong, AU

Reference Number:

Seller: 38381stDibs: LU6215226967842

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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.

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