19th Century Majolica Strawberries Minton Plate
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica cobalt strawberries plate signed Minton.
1880s English Victorian Antique Minton Decorative Art
Ceramic
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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19th Century Majolica Strawberries Minton Plate
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica cobalt strawberries plate signed Minton.
Ceramic
19th Century Blue & White Daisy Platter Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century blue & white daisy platter signed Minton.
Ceramic
19th Century Minton Pink Flowers Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Minton Pink Flowers Oyster Plate.
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Strawberries Minton Plate
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica strawberries plate signed Minton.
Ceramic
19th Century Minton Pink Flowers Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Minton Pink Flowers Oyster Plate.
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Strawberries Minton Plate
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica strawberries plate signed Minton.
Ceramic
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).
Ceramic
White Majolica Neptune Platter Minton, circa 1865
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica mythological platter which features four figural panels molded with Juno, Neptune, Mercury and Selene signed Minton, circa 1856. This platter had a rare turquoise blue back...
Ceramic
Large 19th Century Neo-Renaissance Majolica Palissy Plate signed Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th Century Neo-Renaissance Palissy Plate signed Minton. 9.8 inches diameter.
Ceramic
Arts & Crafts Minton Pottery Kingfisher Tile Designed by Christopher Dresser
By Minton, Christopher Dresser
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
An Arts & Crafts Minton tile in the Kingfisher pattern, designed by Christopher Dresser, ca. 1870. Arts & Crafts designer Christopher Dresser’s works were true to the movement’s c...
Earthenware
19th Century Minton White Majolica Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Minton white Majolica oyster plate. Dated 1880.
Ceramic
Reclaimed Minton Tile Panel of Panoramic Seascape
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of reclaimed Minton blue and white glazed tiles depicting a panoramic seascape. Comprising of 95 six-inch tiles and displayed on a custom m...
Clay
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...
Earthenware
A.W.N. Pugin Glazed Coat of Arms Tile by Minton & Co
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique A.W.N. Pugin glazed encaustic tile by Minton & Co depicting the coat of arms of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. This 6 inch square tile is adorned with a ramp...
Clay
Arts & Crafts Minton Pottery Tile Designed by Christopher Dresser
By Minton, Christopher Dresser
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Minton pottery tile designed by Christopher Dresser in 1873. This tile, designed by Christopher Dresser and made in 1873, exemplifies the Aesthetic Movement ethos of the home as...
Earthenware
Twelve Framed Minton & Co. Tiles Designed by Walter Crane
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A rare group of twelve 19th century ceramic Minton & Co. tiles in later frames, depicting the artistic retelling of nursery rhymes by English illustrator, Walter Crane (1845-1915). T...
Ceramic, Wood
Set of 6 Antique Barrowclough & Sanders Tiles
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of six early 19th century tiles decorated Barrowclough & Sanders on a Minton tile. In Neoclassical style, each 5 inch tile showcases classically dressed figures, musicians, an...
Clay
19th Century Italian Majolica Charger
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century hand painted Italian charger featuring three cherubs interacting with another lying on a bed of wheat stalks under a scenic skyscape. Beau...
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 19th Century Cutwork Valentine
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Watercolor and ink on laid cut paper featuring a solider and his love. With cut out lettering at the top reading "Valentine The (23 or 25) of December 1816" and at the bottom "When T...
Paint, Paper
Pair of Painted Tin Coasters, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of painted Tin Coasters is an original decorative object realized in the 1950s. Made in Italy. Dimensions: Ø 11 cm. Fair Conditions. Both the pieces are decorated w...
Tin
Sky Ceramic Plate Hand Painted Glazed Earthenware Italian, Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Hand painted ceramic plate "Sky" series by Pantoù Ceramics, hand thrown and hand painted glazed earthenware. All unique pieces, Italy, 2019. Measure: 40 cm diameter. Pantoù Cerami...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Minton 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Hand-Painted Fish Platter
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This fish platter is a true work of art! Classic Aesthetic Movement whimsical decoration with fish in motion and in conversation with the viewer, it has a three-dimensional feel. Rea...
Porcelain
18th Century Spanish, Hand-Painted Glazed Ceramic Plate from Triana
Located in Marbella, ES
18th Century Spanish hand-painted glazed ceramic plate from Triana.
Ceramic
$437
H 1.15 in Dm 9.45 in
19th Century Sarreguemines Majolica Seaweed and Shell Barbotine Oyster Plate
By Sarreguemines
Located in London, GB
Creating a wonderful display for Oysters or sea food this French Majolica oyster plate in lustrous deep colouring, but the well thought of maker Sarreguemines, circa 1890. Six scall...
Ceramic, Earthenware
$437
H 1.15 in Dm 9.45 in
19th Century Sarreguemines Majolica Seaweed and Shell Barbotine Oyster Plate
By Sarreguemines
Located in London, GB
Creating a wonderful display for Oysters or sea food this French Majolica oyster plate in lustrous deep colouring, but the well thought of maker Sarreguemines, circa 1890. Six scallo...
Ceramic, Earthenware
19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
By José Alves Cunha 1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake and large lizard searching through mossy tuft, signed Jose Alves Cunha (...
Pottery
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates, Set of Twelve
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates, 1970s. A complete set of twelve vintage painted gold ground transfer-printed porcelain plates in black and white...
Porcelain
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...
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Bread Tray
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Majolica bread tray from England in the wheat pattern. The tray has a central medallion of solid brown, surrounded by a yellow basket weave...
Pottery
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.
Ceramic
Minton Christopher Dresser Japonisme Crane Tile
By Minton, Christopher Dresser
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Japonisme Aesthetic Movement tile designed by Christopher Dresser for Minton circa 1875. Aesthetic Movement designer Christopher Dresser’s ...
Earthenware
A.W.N. Pugin Glazed Coat of Arms Tile by Minton & Co
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique A.W.N. Pugin glazed encaustic tile by Minton & Co depicting the coat of arms of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. This 6 inch square tile is adorned with a rampant ...
Clay
19th Century Majolica Aqua Oyster Plate Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th-century Victorian Majolica aqua oyster plate signed Minton.
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Majolica Aqua Oyster Plate Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th-Century Victorian Majolica aqua oyster plate signed Minton.
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Neo-Renaissance Palissy Plate signed Minton.
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Neo-Renaissance Palissy Plate signed Minton.
Ceramic
Minton Majolica Fruit and Flowers Tile
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica tile which features an assemblage of fruit, flowers and leaves, including an apple, a lemon and a pinecone. Ribbons on either side. Colouration: turquoise, green, whi...
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Aqua Oyster Plate Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th-Century Victorian Majolica aqua oyster plate signed Minton.
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Aqua Oyster Plate Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Majolica Aqua Oyster plate Minton.
Ceramic
19th Century Minton's China Delft Blue and White Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Minton's China Delft blue and white oyster plate. Japonisme Period.
Faience
19th Century Green Majolica Oyster Plate Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th-century Victorian green Majolica oyster plate signed Minton.
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Majolica Aqua Oyster Plate Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th-century Victorian Majolica aqua oyster plate signed Minton.
Ceramic, Faience