Antique English Minton Bone China Suite of Three Covered Vegetable Tureens

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Antique English Minton Bone China Suite of Three Covered Vegetable Tureens

About the Item

Antique English Minton bone china suite of three covered vegetable tureens, with handle terminates molded with sheaves of wheat, the covers and tureen interiors painted with great skill with a monkey forearm wielding a club, ie a cluster of three clubs, on a white and black banderole. The insignia of the Phipps family. Each of the tureens and covers painted with a royal blue band. The tureens are decorated with a distinguished stamp of DANIELL, LONDON, one of the most prestigious retailers of porcelain's of the 19th Century, from circa 1820 to almost 1890. These articles are part of a dinner service, which is being offered in separate groups. Impressed symbols for Minton, and printed maker's marks. Measures: The tureens with covers are 7 1/2" H., 13" D. from handle to handle, and roughly 11" D. without the handles. circa 1835-1840. Excellent condition, appear not to have been used. Item is available as a group of three (6 articles to be packaged), as one single tureen and cover (2) and as a pair of tureens and covers (4). According to a report prepared for us by Beacon Genealogical and Heraldic Research, This suite of porcelain was probably commissioned by a member of a cadet branch of the family of Phipps. The head of the family being the Marquess of Normanby. The Phipps family originally stemmed from a Robert Phipps who was living in Nottingham in the English Midlands during the 16th Century. He is recorded as having died in 1588). Robert’s great grandson was Sir Constantine Phipps who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1710 to 1714. He was knighted on the 12th December 1710 and it was his grandson, another Constantine Phipps who was created Baron Mulgrave, of New Ross in the County of Wexford within the Peerage of Ireland on the 3rd September 1767. It is believed that Lord Chancellor Phipps cousin was Sir William Phips (or Phipps), the Governor of Massachusetts (1692 – 1694). Later generations of the family were created Earls of Mulgrave and Marquesses of Normanby. There were also other branches of the family found in the Counties of Sussex and Wiltshire bearing the same crest along with their arms. It should be noted that there are certain branches of the family who spell their name as Phibbs notably in Ireland.

Creator:
Minton (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 11 in (27.94 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 6
Style:
William IV (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain,Enameled
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
Early 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1825-1835
Condition:
Minor losses. The items are in very good condition and appear not to have been used.
Seller Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: 35241stDibs: LU171527144543

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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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