Minton 1860
Antique 1860s English Animal Sculptures
Plaster
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1860s Vases
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Vases
Majolica, Porcelain
Antique 1860s English Figurative Sculptures
Majolica
Antique 1860s Serving Bowls
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Tudor Candelabras
Majolica
Antique 1860s Fountains
Majolica
Antique 1860s Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1860s Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Vases
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Vases
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century English Gothic Flooring
Clay
Antique 1860s English High Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Majolica, Pottery
Antique 1860s English Ceramics
Earthenware, Majolica
Antique 1860s English Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1860s Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century English Gothic Flooring
Clay
Antique 1860s Serving Pieces
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 1860s English Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century English Grand Tour Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1860s English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1860s English Victorian Serving Pieces
Antique 1860s Ceramics
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Ceramics
Maiolica
Antique 1860s British Vases
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Ceramics
Ceramic
Antique Mid-19th Century British Gothic Revival Garniture
Porcelain
Antique 1860s English Neoclassical Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Platters and Serveware
Maiolica
Antique 1860s English Renaissance Wall Brackets
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1860s English Pitchers
Majolica
Antique 1860s Rococo Revival Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Pottery
Antique 1860s English Renaissance Revival Vases
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Ceramics
Majolica
Antique 1860s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Planters and Jardinieres
Majolica
Antique 1860s Victorian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Dinner Plates
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Dinner Plates
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Decorative Objects
Porcelain
Antique 1860s English Victorian Pottery
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Candlesticks
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Antique 19th Century English Pottery
Earthenware
Antique 1860s Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Majolica
Antique 1860s European Ceramics
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Pottery
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Pottery
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Pottery
Majolica
Antique 1860s English Victorian Pottery
Majolica
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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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