Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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
Pair of Minton England Gilt Plates
By Minton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant pair of antique Minton England dinner plates, with raised paste gilt work in the pattern of olive wreath / Made in England in 1916
Original mark ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$480 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Blue Victorian Majolica Pitcher Banana Leaf Minton, circa 1859
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th pastel blue Majolica banana leaf pitcher signed Minton dated October 1859.
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Antique Mintons and Boyle Spot and Wreath Cereal/Soup Bowls
By Minton
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Antique Minton and Boyle Spot and Wreath Cereal/Soup Bowls
All marked on bottom, Spot & Wreath printed stamp.
Each bowl has crazing front and back, consistent with age. See pics.
N...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$436 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century English Minton Majolica Oyster Plates Pair
By Minton
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of late 19th Century English Minton Majolica oyster plates with six oyster wells and a large well for crackers surrounding a center well for sauce. Luminous cream and pink gla...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Cucumber and Leaf Tray
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica platter which features a large flowering green leaf and a yellow cucumber. Colouration: green, ochre, brown, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Mi...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Amazing Pair of Mintons Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Covered Vases w/ Still Life
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th Century Mintons Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Covered Vases with Still Life Scene Cartouches. Each vase is of compressed oval form with domed, detachable lids and circu...
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1880s English Louis XVI Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Majolica Mallard Game Pie Dish, Liner and Cover
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica game pie dish with liner which features a hare, mallard and blackbird on a bed of fern and oak leaves. Coloration: brown, green, turquoise, are predominant. The piece...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
19th century Minton dessert cream tureen with stand, hand painted, English 1840
By Minton
Located in Central England, GB
This fine, classically shaped, stylised Minton cream tureen stands on a flared foot with a finely detailed stem. The main body is of a broad shallow design with a pair of interwoven ...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
A Minton Majolica Stag's Head Small Taza in Cobalt Blue, English, ca. 1868
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Minton Majolica Small Tazza formed as a shallow bowl supported by a horn and naturalistic stag's head, with green stylized leaves, the oval base glazed in cobalt, with gadrooned ed...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Set of 10 Minton's Stanhope Plates, England, circa 1900
By Minton
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Set of 10 Minton's Stanhope plates, England, circa 1900. The Stanhope pattern features a fruit and floral border and center design with a blue and gold palette. There is a raised bas...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Large Victorian Minton Majolica Lily Jug/Pitcher
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features flowering lilies and lily pads. Colouration: green, white, dark pink, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Minton pottery...
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1860s Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Victorian Minton Majolica Bullrush/Cattail Dish
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica pin tray which features wicker basket resting on a bed of cattails/bullrushes. Coloration: green, brown, ochre, are predominant. Marks include a factory specific date...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Large Minton Majolica Lily Jug/Pitcher
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica jug/pitcher which features flowering lilies and lily pads. Colouration: green, white, dark pink, are predominant. The piece bears m...
Category
1870s English Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Monumental Minton Majolica Ewer and Stand
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica ewer and stand which features putti supporting the stem of the ewer, a cherub riding a dolphin below the spout. A merboy with entwined se...
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1850s English Renaissance Revival Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Minton Majolica Cream Jug with Snail Handle
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica creamer which features a blossoming branch, snail shell on handle and feet. Cobalt blue ground version. Colouration: cobalt blue, gree...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Pair of 19th Century English Minton Framed Painted Ceramic Wall Plaques
By Minton
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in England circa 1880, and set in the original carved oak frames, each plaque is hand painted and stamped on the back Minton, London, England. Each porcelain, signed by the a...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Pair of Minton Bird Tiles Designed by Christopher Dresser, circa 1875
By Christopher Dresser, Minton
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A pair of framed Minton bird tiles designed by Christopher Dresser ca. 1875. These tiles are beautiful examples of Arts & Crafts pottery.
Arts & Cr...
Category
Late 19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Earthenware
Minton Hand Painted Artist Signed Fish Service with Platter, 12 Plates and Gravy
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This a complete Minton fish service that is hand painted and Artist-signed consisting of 12 plates which measure 9.75" in diameter, a sauce tureen and unde...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Secessionist No.5 Plate
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Mintons Secessionist No.5 plate. Turqoiuse, blue and orange ground, with green and brown tube lining. Stylised flower, in a typical Art Nouveau des...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Large Minton Secessionist No.3 Wall Charger
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Mintons Secessionist No.3 wall charger. Green and blue ground with black tube lining. Stylized flowers in a typical Art Nouveau design. 'MINTON' & '15' i...
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1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Minton Pigeon Pie Tureen
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Minton Majolica pigeon pie tureen with wickerwork design. Supported by three realistically modelled grey fantailed pigeons roosting...
Category
19th Century English Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
$10,750
Minton Collector Plate by Gustave Léonce with eggs, Aesthetic Movement, 1878
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
Celadon-colored collector's plate featuring an illustration by Gustave Léonce, depicting eggs and chicks. The edges of the plate are scalloped with a woven effect border. Discover th...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Minton lemons gold & silver hand painted Aesthetic Movement Plate 1880
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
This magnificent porcelain plate signed by Minton, dated 1880, embodies the artistic refinement of the Aesthetic Movement. Finely hand-decorated, it features raised motifs of beautif...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Minton grape gold & silver hand painted Aesthetic Movement Plate 1880
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
This magnificent porcelain plate signed by Minton, dated 1880, embodies the artistic refinement of the Aesthetic Movement. Finely hand-decorated, it features raised motifs of beautif...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
12 Minton Dinner Plates Hand-Painted Nautical Maritime Motif Signed J E Dean
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A fabulous and rare set of 12 Mintons artist signed dinner plates with hand painted borders, trimmed in acid etched gold. What makes these plates special is the subtle variation of n...
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1920s English Vintage Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Bisque Figure Made into Lamp
By Minton
Located in Water Mill, NY
Minton Bisque porcelain figure of a Sea Maiden made into lamp.
Category
19th Century English Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Minton Tea cup attributed to Christopher Dresser, 1871
By Minton, Christopher Dresser
Located in Paris, FR
Wonderful aesthetic movement tea cup in hand-painted and hand-gilt porcelain by the English manufactory Minton. Blue background with stylized red flowers imitating the cloisonné technique, very common in the Japonisme ware.
Attributed to Christopher Dresser, a famous designer that was working for Minton in 1867. He made very decorative designs, using very often this special shade of blue. A very small quantity of his work was signed, but the quality of some designs allows to make further -attribution to him, such as this tea cup.
Signed with Minton hallmarks beneath, "Minton", number of the model G596 (China ware...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Collector Plate by Gustave Léonce sleeping duck, Aesthetic Movement, 1878
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
Celadon-colored collector's plate featuring an illustration by Gustave Léonce, depicting a sleeping duck. The edges of the plate are scalloped with a woven effect border. Discover th...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
12 Minton 19th c. Cobalt Blue Floral Gold & White Rimmed Large Soup Bowls
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 large rimmed soup bowls dating from 1882, are hand painted and gilded showcasing the expert talent of the Minton factory. Retailed by Gilman, Collamore, NY., the Tiffa...
Category
1880s English Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Collector Plate by Gustave Léonce with a duck, Aesthetic Movement, 1878
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
Celadon-colored collector's plate featuring an illustration by Gustave Léonce, depicting a little duck. The edges of the plate are scalloped with a woven effect border. Discover this...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Victorian Antique Majolica Jardinière of the Four Seasons by Minton
By Minton
Located in London, GB
Victorian antique Majolica jardinière of the Four Seasons by Minton
English, c. 1905
Measures: Height 39cm, diameter 32cm
This charact...
Category
Early 1900s English Renaissance Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
Majolica Sweetmeat Stand, Wedgwood, circa 1865
By Minton
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A brightly coloured majolica sweetmeat dish in the form of a bucolic young man leaning on a basket.
Minton majolica is a type of ceramic ware that was produced by the Minton pottery in the 19th century. It was created in response to the growing popularity of Italian Renaissance maiolica...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Majolica
$750 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of Porcelain Plates Depicting Putto at Play by Minton, Dated 1881
By Minton
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very decorative pair of porcelain plates depicting Putto at Play, by Minton.
English, dated 1881.
Impressed Marks for Minton and year Cypher for 1881.
Each plate is fine...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Minton serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs.
Minton serveware, ceramics, silver and glass 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 serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original serveware, ceramics, silver and glass by Minton were created in the Victorian style in europe during the 19th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider serveware, ceramics, silver and glass by Wedgwood, Royal Worcester, and Elkington & Co.. Prices for Minton serveware, ceramics, silver and glass 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 $1,657.
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Questions About Minton Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
- 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.