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.
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Creator: Minton
Set of 11 Minton Dinner Plates with Raised Gold Jeweled Garlands and Gold Border
By Minton
Located in Boston, MA
Set of eleven fabulous Minton dinner plates decorated with garlands of raised gold arabesque and raised gold jeweling. They have a gold border with an embossed decoration. They are l...
Category
1920s English Rococo Vintage Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 playful spirit.
The dish shows three young boys playing on a seesaw. The boys display a delightful childish innocence.
Jean-Baptiste Pillement's drawings inspired this Minton image ( for more on Pillement, see below). The last image shows an image of Pillement's work.
The underside of the plate shows the Minton mark in underglaze blue with pattern number 539.
Dimensions: Diameter 8.25 in. x H 1.5 in.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $480
For more information on the Chinese Sports Series, see Loren Zeller's article "Jean-Baptiste Pillement's Recueil de Plusieurs Jeux d'Enfants Chinois: A Review of the Artist's Work as Source for 18th and 19th Century Ceramic Designs" in the Northern Ceramic Society Journal, Volume 32, June 20
Jean-Baptiste Pillement was a French painter and designer known for his exquisite and delicate drawings and the engravings done after his drawings. The drawings influenced the spread of the Rococo style, particularly the taste for chinoiserie throughout Europe. For an image of an item from this Minton pattern...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie 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
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
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
Huge Minton Majolica Vase
By Minton
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1870, by Minton, England. A gorgeous example of English porcelain, this monumental vase is a Victorian Aesthetic movement tour de force. Majolica by Minton is known for its del...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
George 111 Minton Porcelain Coffee Can Hand Painted in Pattern 791, Ca 1805
By Minton
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a finely painted porcelain coffee can made by the Minton factory, England, in the reign of George 111 in the early 19th century, circa 1805
Straight sided coffee cans wer...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton 19th C Gilt Dessert Service 15 Pc. W/ Parian Figures Hand Painted Roses
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Beyond belief! This set is museum worthy, exhibiting some of the finest workmanship Minton produced. The centerpiece features an exquisite pierced tall basket lifted up by 3 tall Par...
Category
1890s English Neoclassical Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
Minton Mazarine Extensive Pristine Dinner Service Cobalt Blue & Gold 232 Pcs
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern wi...
Category
1980s English Neoclassical Vintage Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton for Tiffany Complete Dinner Service for 12 Caramel, White & Raised Gold
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
As we approach the holiday season, this complete Minton for Tiffany dinner service for 12 will work with many decorating themes to dress up any even...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Minton Dinner Plates Decorated with Ribbons of Raised Gilded Jeweling
By Minton
Located in Boston, MA
This is a fabulous set of 12 Minton Dinner plates decorated with gilt vases of flowers and ribbons of raised gold jeweling. Minton made them for Da...
Category
1910s Rococo Vintage Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Large 19th C English Mintons Biscuit Porcelain Centerpiece with Dancing Putti
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
A Large 19th Century English Mintons Biscuit Porcelain Centerpiece with Dancing Putties. This exquisite work exemplifies the high level of craftsmanship characteristic of the period...
Category
1890s English Louis XVI Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
2 Antique 1862 Minton International Exhibition Jeweled Turquoise Plates
By Minton
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of two Minton plates, circa 1862.
These superb quality Minton plates are from a dessert service shown at the International Exhibition of 1862 in London.
The plates testify to the enduring influence of 18th Century Sèvres on the tastes of Victorian high society. The designs are far from being mere copies, however; while there are recognisable Sèvres elements, they are arranged in entirely new and delightful ways.
On the rim are four imitation cameo heads of classical deities en grisaille on a red-brown ground, within oval reserves wreathed in laurel. The profiles are individually painted; compare, for instance, the winged helmeted heads of Hermes/Mercury and you will spot subtle differences. The cameo devices, used here for the first time by Minton, derive from the celebrated Sèvres dinner...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Majolica Mallard Game Pie Dish and Cover
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica game pie dish which features a hare, mallard and blackbird on a bed of fern and oak leaves. Colouration: brown, green, turquoise...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
English Minton Ancestral Bone China Floral Saucer or Trinket Dish, England
By Minton
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful bone china saucer or trinket dish in Minton's "Ancestral" pattern. With scalloped edges, painted in gold, and a floral green, red, and brown...
Category
1930s English Victorian Vintage Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Paint
Rare Minton Majolica Chinese Drummers Vase
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features a large drum with Chinese drummers stood either side. The drum has dragons on both faces. Intricate cut-out rim and base. Colouration: light brown...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique Pair Minton Staffordshire Porcelain Vases Centerpieces Cherub Turquoise
By Minton
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning example of a pair of English Minton porcelain centerpieces or flower vases, each modelled as a standing cherub one harvesting wheat, both ending with stunning pierced oval centerpieces on footed supports. Circa third quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Exquisitely decorated in colours of turquoise on white glazed ground with lavish gold highlights.
Condition: Good condition for such an early piece with no losses, few old tiny firing hairlines at leg areas. Typically unmarked as pieces of this early period.
Height: (entire as image one) 8.5" (21.5cm). Width: (at base) 7.75” (19.5cm). Depth: (at base) 5.25” (13.5cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door shipping.
Provenance: From the Collection of Kenneth Neame, Mount Street, Mayfair, offered by Sothebys London.
Mintons was a major English company in Staffordshire Pottery, "Europe's leading ceramic factory during the Victorian era" an independent business from 1793 to 1968. It was a leader in ceramic design, working in a number of different ceramic bodies, decorative techniques, and "a glorious pot-pourri of styles - Rococo shapes with Oriental motifs, Classical shapes with Medieval designs and Art Nouveau borders were among the many wonderful concoctions". As well as pottery vessels and sculptures, the firm was a leading manufacturer of tiles and other architectural ceramics, producing work for both the Houses of Parliment...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
English Victorian Majolica Chestnut Server Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian Majolica chestnut server signed Minton.
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
A Pair of Mintons Pâte-sur-pâte Peacock Blue Moon Flasks
By Minton
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Mintons Pâte-sur-pâte Peacock Blue Moon Flasks, Decorated by Marc-Louis-Emmanuel Solon (1835–1913).
Date cypher for 1890. Recorded as shape no. 1819. Each signed 'L(ouis) Salon'. With gilt Mintons globe mark, impressed uppercase mark and retailer's mark for Phillips, Oxford Street, London, Faint impressed marks ‘1819’.
Each tinted and glazed parian vase of moon flask or pilgrim bottle...
Category
19th Century English Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Aesthetic Movement Cast Fire Inserts with Mintons Aesop's Fables Tiles
By Thomas Jeckyll, John Moyr Smith, Minton
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll in the style of.
A rare pair of Aesthetic Movement cast iron fire inserts, each with twelve Minton tiles, printed in blue and white with comical designs by John Moyr-Smith from Aesop's Fables.
The designs Moyr Smith drew on these tiles are known as:-
The Dog and his shadow.
The Fox & the Goat.
The Hare and the Tortoise.
The Frogs Who Wished for a King.
The Wolf and the Lamb...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Iron
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
19th Century Majolica Aqua Oyster Plate Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Victorian Majolica aqua oyster plate signed Minton.
With yellow flowers.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Minton Staffordshire Porcelain Ewer Urn Vase Centerpiece Roses Turquoise
By Minton
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning example of a collection of three miniature English Minton porcelain decorative items, a lidded twin handle Urn, a twin handle vase and a tall slender Ewer all of outstanding quality.
Each decorated with old Summer Roses on a white and turquoise ground. Circa third quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Condition: Good condition for such early pieces with no losses, no discoloring anywhere. Puce base mark MINTONS below a crown. Back views are similar.
Ewer height: (entire) 6.25" (15.5cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door shipping.
Provenance: From the Collection of Kenneth Neame...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
19th-Century Majolica Minton Chinaman Teapot
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica figural teapot signed Minton.
Modeled as a Chinaman , the tail formed as the Chinaman’s pigtail, his head forming the cover with his hair comb forming the finial.
Reference ...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Aqua Oyster Plate Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica Aqua Oyster plate Minton.
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
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
Set of 6 Minton Majolica Lily Egg Cups
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Set of three Minton Majolica egg cup holders which feature a lily pad base with lily flower egg receptacles. Colouration: green and white are predomi...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Minton Majolica Spring Daffodil Vases
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Minton Majolica vases which feature daffodils stood on bulb feet. Cobalt blue ground version. Colouration: cobalt blue, green, white, are predominant. The piece bears maker's...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Large Antique Majolica Planter Made Circa 1880 Turquoise Ground & Green Leaves
By Minton
Located in Katonah, NY
This exquisite 19th-century majolica jardiniere and underplate by Minton was handpainted in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, around 1880. This jardiniere measures an impressive 17" across the handles
it is adorned with a delightful design of green oak leaves and light brown acorns that stand out beautifully against the beautiful turquoise background.
The handles, in the shape of twisting oak branches...
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique Pair Minton Staffordshire Porcelain Candelabra Centerpieces Cherub 19C
By Minton
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning example of a pair of English Minton porcelain three branch candelabra, each modelled as a group of Cherubs standing on naturalistic base above an elaborate reeded socle with lavish decoration depicting gilt framed medallions with hand paintings of still life of flowers within pink hanging swags, ending on a circular stepped base. Circa third quarter of the Nineteenth Century, possibly earlier
Exquisitely decorated in colours of turquoise on white glazed ground with lavish gold highlights.
Condition: Good condition for such early pieces with no losses, no discoloring anywhere. Typically unmarked as pieces of this early period. Parts are constructed by bolting together.
Height: (entire as image one, an impressive) 14.5" (36.5cm). Diameter: (at base) 4.5” (11.5cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door shipping.
Provenance: From the Collection of Kenneth Neame...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Minton Celadon Parian Porcelain Sculpture, Venus and Cupid, Victorian, 1861
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful celadon parian porcelain figure group made by Minton in 1861, which was the Victorian era. The group is of Venus and her son Cupid, seated in a shell.
Minton w...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
Large Early 19th Century Minton Porcelain Centrepiece Vase
By Minton
Located in London, GB
Large early 19th century Minton porcelain centrepiece vase
English, c. 1835
Height 65cm, width 22cm, depth 22cm
Beautifully made by Minton in around 1835, the centrepiece depicts numerous motifs such as the elements, animals, and figurative art.
Three finely gilt putti stand around the central tree trunk. All are beautifully detailed with aspects such as fabric texture or fruit detailing easily recognisable. Together they support a gadroon bowl decorated with a plethora of details. It is hand-painted with alternating bird and flower scenes separated by bands of gilt caillouté. The rim above is ornate...
Category
Early 19th Century English Rococo Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Bone China Porcelain Botanical Specimen Plate of a Rose, Pattern #9762
By Minton
Located in Downingtown, PA
Minton Bone China porcelain botanical specimen plate of a rose,
Pattern #9762,
circa 1850
The fine Minton Bone China plate depicts a specimen of...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Minton’s Lidded Vegetable Dish in Montrose Pattern, 19th Century
By Minton
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite lidded vegetable dish, also known as a tureen or serving dish, was crafted by the renowned Minton’s pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, England, during the late 19th century. T...
Category
19th Century English Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Faience, Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Jardinière by Minton and Carlo Marochetti
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This exquisite jardinière was manufactured by the celebrated English company Minton, who are famous for their ceramics. It was designed by Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-1867), an Italian-born sculptor who worked in London in the latter part of his career. His most famous work is the bronze sculpture of Richard the Lionheart...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
A Minton Majolica Dead Game Pie Tureen, Cover, and Liner, English, Dated 1859
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Minton Majolica Game Pie Tureen, Cover, and Liner, the base molded as a wicker basket with green glazed oak leaves and banded branch handles on raised feet, the cover with high rel...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Mermen Jardiniere Turquoise Interior
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jardinière with a mythological theme which features two mermen (sometimes attributed to the Sea God Neptune or to Triton), s...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th-Century Majolica Minton Chinese Man Figural Teapot
By Minton
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
19th-Century Majolica Minton Chinese man figural teapot. It is wonderfully whimsical and features a Chinese man form with excellent coloring.
Additio...
Category
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Pottery
George 111 Early Minton Porcelain Coffee Can Hand Painted Pattern 76, Ca 1805
By Minton
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a finely painted porcelain coffee can made by the Minton factory, England, in the reign of George 111 in the early 19th century, circa 1805
Straight sided coffee cans were only originally made for about the first 20 years of the 19th century and are very collectable.
The porcelain can is well potted with a ring handle.
It is finely hand decorated in Minton's recorded Pattern Number 76, having three sets of horizontally painted...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large English Bird Plate Mintons, circa 1900
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Large English blue bird plate in a landscape signed Mintons (mark 1873 to 1912).
Category
Early 1900s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Minton Majolica Mermen Jardiniere Turquoise Interior
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jardinière with a mythological theme which features two mermen (sometimes attributed to the Sea God Neptune or to Triton), s...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Lily Basket
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica basket which features pond lily leaves and flowers tied together with lily stems which form the handle. Four flower bud feet. Co...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Lily Jug/Pitcher
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features flowering lilies and lily pads. Colouration: green, dark pink, white, are predominant.
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Art Pottery Pewter Mounted Jester Jug, 1870
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An antique Victorian majolica pewter mounted lidded pottery jester jug by renowned makers Minton and dated 1870. The earthenware jug is of tall waisted ...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Minton Majolica Mushroom Tazza with Three-Frog Base, English, Dated 1868
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Minton Majolica Taza, molded as an inverted mushroom, the bowl interior glazed in orange, with three naturalistically modeled and glazed frogs around the stem,...
Category
19th Century English Victorian 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 green and brown mottled leopard spots, each well separated by shells and seaweed, the center well glazed...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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
Antique Minton Staffordshire Porcelain Candelabra Centerpiece Parian Cherub 19C
By Minton
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of an English Minton Porcelain two branch candelabra, modelled as a group of Cherubs standing on naturalistic base above an elaborate reeded socle with lavish decoration depicting gilt framed medallions...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Fine Antique Early 20th C Parian Figure, Woman with Gold Ball
By Minton
Located in New Orleans, LA
A fine, antique early 20th century Parian figure of a nude blond woman holding a gilt ball in her right hand. Fine attention to detail is seen in her delicately rendered fingers, fee...
Category
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
12 Teacups and Saucers Minton Bone China Porcelain Haddon Hall
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
Set of 12 teacups and with their saucers in Minton Bone China Porcelain. Famous Minton Haddon Hall model designed by John William Wadsworth (1879-19...
Category
Early 20th Century English Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Green Majolica Cake Stand Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century oval Majolica cake stand signed Minton.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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 desi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Minton Staffordshire Porcelain Vase Centerpiece Cherub Dolphin Turquoise
By Minton
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning example of an English Minton Porcelain centerpiece or flower vase, depicting an entwined upright Dolphin been help by a scantily clad Female standing on a naturalistic circular base. Circa third quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Exquisitely decorated in colors of turquoise on white glazed ground with lavish gold highlights.
Condition: Good condition for such an early piece with no losses except for a tiny loss dot at dolphins' lip, no discoloring anywhere.
Height: (entire as image one) 11.5" (29cm). Depth: (at base) 5.25” (13cm). Width: (at base) 5.25” (13cm)
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
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Provenance: From the Collection of Kenneth Neame, Mount Street, Mayfair, offered by Sothebys London.
Mintons was a major English company in Staffordshire Pottery, "Europe's leading ceramic factory during the Victorian era" an independent business from 1793 to 1968. It was a leader in ceramic design, working in a number of different ceramic bodies, decorative techniques, and "a glorious pot-pourri of styles - Rococo shapes with Oriental motifs, Classical shapes with Medieval designs and Art Nouveau borders were among the many wonderful concoctions". As well as pottery vessels and sculptures, the firm was a leading manufacturer of tiles and other architectural ceramics, producing work for both the Houses of Parliment...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Porcelain
Minton Pair of Plates, Newcastle Embossed, Flowers J. Bancroft, 1857 (2)
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning pair of plates made by Minton in 1857. The plates are beautifully moulded in the Newcastle Embossed shape, the moulding picked out and turquoise and gilt, and hand...
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1850s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
English Minton Ancestral Bone China Floral Saucer or Trinket Dish, England
By Minton
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful bone china saucer or trinket dish in Minton's "Ancestral" pattern. With scalloped edges, painted in gold, and a floral green, red, and brown...
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1930s English Victorian Vintage Minton Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Paint
Minton Majolica Cherubs Vase
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features climbing cherubs and water lilies. Turquoise ground version. Colouration: turquoise, green, ochre, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks ...
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1870s Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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...
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1850s Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Cherub Flower Holder
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica flower holder which features a cherub carrying wheatsheaf. Coloration: ochre, green, cream, are predominant. The piece bears mak...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Set of 6 Minton Majolica Lily Egg Cups
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Set of three Minton Majolica egg cup holders which feature a lily pad base with lily flower egg receptacles. Colouration: green and white are predomi...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
19th Century English Majolica Oyster Plate Signed Minton
By Minton
Located in Winter Park, FL
A good English Majolica plate, dated 1885 and marked Minton, with turquoise and cobalt blue oyster plate with a central well surrounded by small ochre flowers. Six small and one larg...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Christopher Dresser Faux Cloisonne Vases for Mintons
By Minton
Located in New York, US
Our exceptional pair of enameled porcelain vases in the Chinese cloisonné style were designed by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) for Mintons.
They feature one side with a dragon an...
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Late 19th Century British Chinoiserie Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Majolica Mallard Game Pie Dish and Cover
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica game pie dish which features a hare, mallard and blackbird on a bed of fern and oak leaves. Colouration: brown, green, turquoise...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
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 playful spirit.
The dish shows three young boys playing on a seesaw. The boys display a delightful childish innocence.
Jean-Baptiste Pillement's drawings inspired this Minton image ( for more on Pillement, see below). The last image shows an image of Pillement's work.
The underside of the plate shows the Minton mark in underglaze blue with pattern number 539.
Dimensions: Diameter 8.25 in. x H 1.5 in.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $480
For more information on the Chinese Sports Series, see Loren Zeller's article "Jean-Baptiste Pillement's Recueil de Plusieurs Jeux d'Enfants Chinois: A Review of the Artist's Work as Source for 18th and 19th Century Ceramic Designs" in the Northern Ceramic Society Journal, Volume 32, June 20
Jean-Baptiste Pillement was a French painter and designer known for his exquisite and delicate drawings and the engravings done after his drawings. The drawings influenced the spread of the Rococo style, particularly the taste for chinoiserie throughout Europe. For an image of an item from this Minton pattern...
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Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Majolica Game Pie Tureen, Rabbit, Mallard and Dove, Victorian 1881
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning game pie tureen with cover made by Minton in 1881. The piece is made of majolica and has realistically relief-moulded game on the cover: a rabbit, a mallard and a ...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Minton Majolica Hen and Rooster Vases by John Henk
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Minton Majolica vases which feature a hen and rooster stood next to a wooden slated trough. Signed, 'J Henk' to the base. Colouration: brown, green, gre...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Minton Pair of Plates, Newcastle Embossed, Flowers J. Bancroft, 1857 (1)
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning pair of plates made by Minton in 1857. The plates are beautifully moulded in the Newcastle Embossed shape, the moulding picked out and turquoise and gilt, and hand...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Pair of Oval Dishes, Newcastle Embossed, Flowers J. Bancroft, 1857
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning pair of oval dishes made by Minton in 1857. The dishes are beautifully moulded in the Newcastle Embossed shape, the moulding picked out and turquoise and gilt, and...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Minton Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.