Minton Decorative Objects
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.
On 1stDibs, find exquisite Minton serveware, decorative objects, wall decorations and more.
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Creator: Minton
19th Century English Exhibition Porcelain Vase by Minton Painted by Martin Sneed
By Minton
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent mid 19th century twin handled centre vase by Minton. Painted with exotic birds and with blue, pink and gilt handles and borders. The type is known as Sneyd, number 301,...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of English Mintons Coral Ground Floral Motif Moon Flasks with Gilding
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of Louis XVI style 19th century English Mintons Coral ground floral painted moon flasks with 24k hand-painted decoration. Exceptional in q...
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19th Century English Louis XVI Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Parian Group Of Mother & Child In Prayer By Minton
By Minton
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine parian group of Mother and child, modeled as a mother praying over her sleeping child.
Circa 1860
English
Footnote:
Minton ware, cream-colo...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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 ...
Category
1870s Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Pair Antique Minton Pottery Parrots Dark Brown Color England Circa 1890
By Minton
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of pottery parrots was crafted by the renowned Minton Company in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, circa 1890.
These charming figures are inspired by the traditiona...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Garniture of Three Spill Vases, Painted by Lark Pratt, Minton, circa 1860
By Minton
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Set of three spill vases, or Match Pots, decorated in the Gothic Revival manner, with reserves showing finely detailed landscapes. The painting by Lark Pratt, who was working for Min...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Gothic Revival Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
A Late 19th Century Minton Ceramic Dolphin Candlestick
By Minton
Located in London, GB
A late nineteenth century Minton pottery candlestick, modelled in the form of a recumbent dolphin, supported on a circular base and painted in polychrome glaze. Stamped to the base.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Pair of 19th Century English Majolica Bamboo Vase
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Pair of English Majolica vases bamboo with a pink bow.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Minton Majolica Putti Shell Carriers
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica figural which features two putti carrying a shell. One draped in grapes, the other draped in wheat. Colouration: green, turquoise, cream, are predominant. The piece b...
Category
1860s English Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Minton Antique Blanc de Chine Porcelain Figural Centrepiece
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Minton porcelain blanc de chine centrepiece with a young maiden with a basket dating from around 1862. The centrepiece stands o...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Mintons Neoclassical Porcelain Cabinet Vase C. 1891
By Minton
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite petite cabinet vase by Mintons, dating to circa 1891, is a refined example of Neoclassical-inspired design. Crafted in porcelain, the vase features an elegant magenta ...
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Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Reclaimed Mythological Tile by Minton Hollins
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A reclaimed 8-inch clay tile by Minton Hollins & Co. (stamped to reverse) illustrated with a mythological scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek myt...
Category
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
English Minton Japonisme Aesthetic Movement Majolica Aubergine Eggplant Vase
By Minton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Minton, a wonderful and extremely scarce majolica glazed Aubergine eggplant vase, dated 1875.
An example of the Japonisme Aesthetic so desirable ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Fred Cooke for Minton Art Deco Pierrette Porcelain Figurine
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare Minton Art Deco porcelain figurine titled Pierette designed by Fred Cooke and dating from around 1930. This delightful standing figurine stands moun...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Victorian Cobalt Vases Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of 19th Century Victorian Cobalt Vases Minton.
Decorated with white flowers.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Minton Majolica Shell Flower Holder
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica flower holder which features a scallop shell supported by seaweed on a rocky base. Coloration: cream, brown, green, are predomin...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Victorian 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. Turquoise ground version. Colou...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Pottery Boy Holding a Basket Probably for Salt
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique Minton Majolica pottery figure of a boy holding a basket, probably for salt, and dating from around 1879. The figure stands raised on a rounded rockwork base with a tree stump with the boy leaning on the stump and dressed in period costume with a jacket and knee length shorts and wearing a rounded hat with ribbon. He holds a basket in front of him and is hand painted in naturalistic Majolica colors in typical yellows, greens, blues, browns and natural skin tones. The base has stamped Minton marks to the rim along with date marks with the inner base decorated in typical Minton turquoise...
Category
1870s English High Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Minton Majolica Putti with Basket Vase
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica figural vase which features a putti holding a basket, with a quiver of arrows between his feet. Colouration: cream, yellow, blue, are predominant. The piece bears mak...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
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...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Minton Hollins 6-Inch Terracotta Profile Portrait Tile
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A superb antique 6-inch dust-pressed terracotta tile by Minton Hollins & Co. (stamped) depicting a profile portrait in the aesthetic movement style. Such is this tiles beauty, that t...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Victorian Minton Majolica Marine Mermen Jardiniere Pink Interior
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Good. RESTORATION. A few filled chips to the rim. Filled chip to foot. Filled chip to head-dress.
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Hogarth Boy Figure
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica figure which features a Hogarth boy, sat on a rock, holding a shell. Coloration: turquoise, green, brown, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Minto...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Minton Secessionist No.8 Chamber Pot
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Secessionist No.8 chamber pot decorated with Art Nouveau style tree motifs. Glazed in blue, ochre and green with gray tube lining. Cream int...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Minton Majolica Dove Flower Holders
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Minton Majolica flower holders which feature a fantail pigeon, standing on a leafy base. Flower inserts around the tail. Colouration: white, gre...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Putti Figural Bowl
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica figural bowl which features putti holding leafy garlands, supporting the bowl. Colouration: cobalt blue, green, cream, are predom...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Large Minton Majolica Renaissance Style Masks Vase
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features male and female masks with hanging leaves and fruit. Cartouche bands in-between. Colouration: brown, green, bl...
Category
1870s English Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Mintons Majolica Putti Flower Holder Vase
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica flower holder which features a putti wearing drapes, carrying a cornucopia vase. Colouration: green, turquoise, white, are predo...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Minton Secessionist Chamber Pot
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Secessionist chamber pot. Decorated with motifs in the Art Nouveau style. Glazed in turquoise, ochre, brown and blue. Green tube lining. Mak...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Minton Secessionist Purple No.33 Vases
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Minton Secessionist fluted vases, decorated with typical Art Nouveau stylized flowers and leaves. Green tube lining detail, on purple ground. Printed maker's marks 'MINTONS L...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Minton & Co 6-Inch Tile Handpainted with Leopard & Deer
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A highly decorative antique 6-inch dust-pressed porcelain tile by Minton & Co. (stamped), glazed and hand painted with a roundel depicting a leopard pouncing on a deer in vibrant blu...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay, Porcelain
Minton Majolica Tudor Figure Candelabra
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica candelabra which features a Tudor dressed man, holding his arms aloft. He holds torches in his hands, which form the candle holders'. Color...
Category
1860s English Tudor Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Minton & Co Encaustic Neo-Medieval English Tile Depicting a Queen
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique English neo-medieval encaustic tile depicting a Queen, possibly Queen Eleanor, with a bird, attributed to Minton & Co.
This tile was commissioned in 1840-42 by L. N. Cott...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Medieval Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Pair of Minton Blue Gilt Ground Porcelain Urns
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
Pair of bleu celeste ground porcelain vases with fluted necks and four painted scenes of what appears to be two young members of the high court on the front and back of each vase. Th...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Large Antique Minton Hollins & Co Pineapple Tile
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique Minton Hollins & Co tile depicting a pineapple.
Displayed on a custom made steel display stand, this hand painted tile panel depicts a ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Steel
Pair of English 19th Century Turquoise Ground Painted Porcelain Vases by Minton
By Edouard Rischgitz, Minton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of English 19th century turquoise ground and parcel-gilt painted porcelain vases, urns by Minton. The tapered shaped urns raised on a slender stem with turquoise grounds ...
Category
19th Century English Romantic Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Minton & Co 6-inch Encaustic Heraldic Tile on Stand
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A rare and likely unique mid 19th century encaustic floor tile by Minton & Co (stamped) with heraldic design, depicting a bear and swan between the letter ‘B’ and a crown. This 6-inc...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Antique Minton & Co Encaustic Tile of Archangel
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Minton & Co encaustic tile of an archangel.
Displayed on a custom made steel stand, this tile's beauty can be admired up close in any period property looking to appreciat...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Steel
Antique Minton Hollins & Co Tile of Cherubs
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Minton Hollins & Co tile depicting putti playing, a design after 18th century artist Francois Boucher.
Sourced from an ex British private co...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Victorian Minton centre piece
By Minton
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting and very good quality Victorian 19th Century Minton porcelain centre piece, having two putti carrying a large vase.
Batch 75. N/H
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Minton decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Minton decorative objects 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 decorative objects, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original decorative objects by Minton were created in the Victorian style in united kingdom during the 19th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider decorative objects by Royal Crown Derby Porcelain, Royal Worcester, and Staffordshire. Prices for Minton decorative objects can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $75 and can go as high as $348,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,538.
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Questions About Minton Decorative Objects
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.