Mintons Porcelain Plate, L.E. Seiffert, c. 1880
View Similar Items
Mintons Porcelain Plate, L.E. Seiffert, c. 1880
About the Item
- Creator:Minton (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 0.79 in (2 cm)Diameter: 9.65 in (24.5 cm)Length: 0.79 in (2 cm)
- Style:Victorian (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Porcelain,Fired
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1880
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Gargrave, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4397127516762
Minton
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.
- Minton Pate Sur Pate Porcelain Basket, Dated 1867By MintonLocated in Gargrave, North YorkshireA fine Minton pate sur pate porcelain basket, dated 1867. The celadon green ground lattice worked basket, supported by two Bacchanalian cherubs, a...Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Fine Minton Porcelain ‘Flower Encrusted’ Garniture, circa 1830By MintonLocated in Gargrave, North YorkshireAn exceptionally fine Minton porcelain garniture, circa 1830. Each rococo style vase, painted with exotic birds, within elaborate scroll borders, the...Category
Antique 1830s English Rococo Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Royal Copenhagen porcelain basket, Plums.By Royal CopenhagenLocated in Gargrave, North YorkshireRoyal Copenhagen porcelain basket, Flora Danica, date code for 1969-1974. The lattice weave basket, having twin entwined branch handles, and moulded with flower heads and leaves, wit...Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Victorian Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Royal Worcester porcelain pot pourri. Richard Sebright, d. 1913.By Royal WorcesterLocated in Gargrave, North YorkshireRoyal Worcester porcelain pot pourri and cover, painted by Richard Sebright, and dated 1913. Finely painted with a detailed study of fruit amongst blossom and leaves, within an elabo...Category
Vintage 1910s English Victorian Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Pair of Meissen porcelain pot pourri & covers, c. 1870.By Meissen PorcelainLocated in Gargrave, North YorkshireA fine pair of Meissen porcelain pot pourri and cover, c. 1870. Modelled in Marcolini Period style, each pot pourri having pierced shoulders, supported upon three angular feet, with ...Category
Antique 1870s German Victorian Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Box and Cover, ‘Malvern’, c. 1840By Chamberlain & CoLocated in Gargrave, North YorkshireChamberlain Worcester porcelain box and cover, c. 1840. The cover painted with a titled view of ‘Malvern’, of figures before the church, beneath the hills, within a gilt scroll frame...Category
Antique 1840s English Victorian Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Minton Porcelain Cabinet Plate Attributed to Christopher Dresser, 1880By MintonLocated in Bishop's Stortford, HertfordshireA superb and stylish Aesthetic Movement Minton porcelain cabinet plate decorated with birds, flowering hawthorn and other designs attributed t...Category
Antique 1880s English Aesthetic Movement Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Minton Porcelain Plate, Sea Shells by W. Mussill, Victorian, 1891By MintonLocated in London, GBThis is a rare and beautiful plate made by Minton in 1891 and painted by the famous porcelain artist Wenceslas (William) Mussill. The plate has an aquatic scene with sea shells in th...Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- Minton Pair of Tazzas, White Parian Porcelain Cherubs Hunting, Victorian ca 1880By MintonLocated in London, GBThis is a spectacular pair of tazzas or comports made by Minton in about 1880, which was the Victorian era. The stems of the tazzas hold three white Par...Category
Antique 1780s English Victorian Centerpieces
MaterialsPorcelain
$4,950 / setFree Shipping - Minton Bone China Porcelain Botanical Specimen Plate of a Rose, Pattern #9762By MintonLocated in Downingtown, PAMinton Bone China porcelain botanical specimen plate of a rose, Pattern #9762, circa 1850 The fine Minton Bone China plate depicts a specimen of...Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Dinner Plates
MaterialsPorcelain
- 19th Century English Minton "Florentine" Porcelain Compotes and PlaterBy MintonLocated in LEGNY, FRBeautiful 19th century English Minton Porcelain set of two compotes and a platter. "Florentine" model. The base of a compote has been damage. Chimera, medicis and flowers decor...Category
Antique 1880s English Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
- Minton Porcelain Hand-Painted Blank Cabinet Plate Signed AMB, 1890By MintonLocated in Bishop's Stortford, HertfordshireAn unusual and stylish Aesthetic Movement Minton porcelain cabinet plate hand painted with flowers and butterflies with initials APM and dating from 1890. This finely made plate is o...Category
Antique 1890s English Aesthetic Movement Porcelain
MaterialsPorcelain
