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Mid-19th Century Minton Victorian Majolica Game Pie Dish

Name: Mid-19th Century Minton Victorian Majolica Game Pie Dish
Brand: Minton
Price: 3000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

A majolica game pie dish made by Minton & Co. in 1864. The dish takes the form of a wicker basket and is covered with oak leaves, acorns, vines, and ferns. The dish’s lid features a group of realistically molded dead game: a rabbit, a mallard, and a crow. Game pies, made of fowl, rabbit, or venison inside a pastry crust, have always been a staple of English cuisine. However, it wasn’t until the 18th century that game pie dishes were introduced. As wheat shortages made pie crusts increasingly prohibitive, families sought alternative solutions. As a result, in order to be more economical, households, including that of the royal family, began to make game pies without a crust. Made popular by Josiah Wedgwood, game pie dishes were designed to assist these culinary endeavors by holding the pie together without the need for a pastry crust. This dish contains the original ceramic liner, which held the game pie together while baking; the liner with the pie inside was then placed into the decorative game pie dish for serving. Dimensions: 13 in. L x 8 in. W x 7 1/2 in. H (33 cm L x 20.3 cm W x 19 cm H) Condition: Excellent, with original liner present. Some minor scuffing to rabbit's head. Chip to rim of liner measuring 1.6 cm. Literature: Goodby, Miranda. “’The productions of this firm stand pre-eminent’: The Minton Factory and Majolica.” In Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915 vol. 2, ed. Susan Weber et al. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Identical example illus. pg 22 Fig. 11.37. References: National Trust, Saltram House, NT 871064 Victoria & Albert Museum, C.80 to B-1971.

Creator:

Minton (Maker)

Dimensions:

Height: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 8 in (20.32 cm)

Style:

Victorian (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Earthenware,Majolica,Pottery,Glazed,Molded

Place of Origin:

England

Period:

1860-1869

Date of Manufacture:

1864

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Some minor scuffing to rabbit's head. Chip to rim of liner measuring 1.6 cm.

Seller Location:

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Reference Number:

Seller: 2021.15.11stDibs: LU5643227689982

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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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