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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Minton Porcelain Pair Of Greek/ Roman Figures Sculptures Table Lamps
By Minton
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Minton Porcelain sculptures lamps. They are hand painted glazed white porcelain with some light turquoise ornaments. It depicts two barefoot Greek/ Roman young ladies figur...
Porcelain, Wood
Minton Bisque Figure Made into Lamp
By Minton
Located in Water Mill, NY
Minton Bisque porcelain figure of a Sea Maiden made into lamp.
Pair of Midcentury Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1960's Italian porcelain table lamps. Measurements: Height of body: 15.25" Height to rest of shade: 23.25" Diameter:6".
Porcelain
Large Green Family Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Mount Lamp, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large vase shaped porcelain lamp. Green family porcelain on a red background, decorated with interlaces, flowers and butterflies. Plants in reserve in two white background cartouches...
Bronze
Pair Of Samson Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Baluster form finely painted in the Chinese style. Bronze bases. Two light sockets. From the A.B Dick Estate. Bellevue Avenue, Newport. Converted from vases to lamps.
Brass
Pair of Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1940s American porcelain table lamps with foliage motif in relief and metal bases. Measurements: Height of body 24" Height to shade rest 33" Diameter 6.5" (wide...
Porcelain
Pair of Black Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1940s French porcelain table lamps with gilt details. Measurements: Height of body 24" Height of shade rest 35".
Porcelain
$1,125Sale Price|86% Off
H 26 in W 11 in D 7.25 in
Pate-Sur-Pate Porcelain Table Lamp with Bronze Mount
By Minton
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pate-sur-pate porcelain table lamp with bronze mount. The art of porcelain relief decoration is masterfully demonstrated in this important and beautiful table lamp. The cameo-like...
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1950's Italian pink-glazed porcelain table lamps. Measurements: Height of body: 15.5" Diameter: 12"
Porcelain
$1,850 / set
H 21 in Dm 6.5 in
Pair of Dresden Bisque Porcelain Cherub Table Lamps Neoclassical Germany
By Dresden Porcelain, Capodimonte, Gerold Porzellan
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a pair of vintage Dresden bisque cherub lamps. Stamped underneath: "DRESDEN" and crown stamp. The lamps are in a neoclassical style, featuring raised cherub a...
Porcelain
$1,264Sale Price|20% Off
H 32 in W 6 in D 6 in
French Empire Paris Porcelain Vase Converted into a Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Empire period porcelain vase. The vase is totally gilt with matte and burnished highlights. The twin handles each show a modeled classical female head and on the front of the vase is a painted classical scene. The scene depicts a Roman/Greek seated young warrior...
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century French Porcelain Urn as a Table Lamp
By Jean Gille
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A decorative bisque porcelain urn marked by Jean Gille of Paris, France with a raised blue J over G, dating from 1840-1868. Now converted to a two socket table lamp...
Porcelain
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Fortuna Green pattern" Table Lamp
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Fortuna Green pattern" table lamp #2124 impressed on bottom in the porcelain, under wooden base Measurements: 61 cm high including the shade and 39.5...
Porcelain
$749Sale Price|20% Off
H 5.91 in W 3.15 in D 5.12 in
Porcelain Art Deco Table Lamp Made in France 1930 Blue and White Pierrot ROBJ
By ROBJ
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Porcelain Art Deco table lamp made in France 1930 blue and white Pierrot ROBJ.
Porcelain
A Pair of Minton Vases by Christopher Dresser as Table Lamps
By Minton, Christopher Dresser
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1880 A pair of mid nineteenth century Minton pottery vases, in Turkish Iznik style, designed by Christopher Dresser, the white ground overlaid with gilt red and blue ...
Ceramic
Vintage Minton Egyptian Pharaoh Porcelain Lamps, a Pair
By Minton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Incredible pair of vintage Minton table lamps. A dramatic transfer print of Egyptian Pharaohs on a matte black background. All new hardware, wiring and ...
Marble
Minton Blue Glaze Bottle Neck Vase as a Table Lamp
By Minton
Located in London, GB
A twentieth century Minton bottle neck vase, with wonderful variegated blue glaze, now converted as a lamp. Please note: Lampshade not included. ...
Ceramic
Pair of Turquoise Minton Vases by Christopher Dresser, as Table Lamps
By Minton
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Aesthetic Movement Minton porcelain vases by Christopher Dresser, with brilliant turquoise glaze and dark blue decoration, now converted as table lamps with giltwood b...
Porcelain