8 Minton Pate-sur-pate Blue Plates for Tiffany, by Artist Albion Birks

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8 Minton Pate-sur-pate Blue Plates for Tiffany, by Artist Albion Birks

About the Item

Here a set of 8 Tiffany blue Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, England pate-sur-pate service, cabinet or dinner plates in one of the most sought after of the pate-sur-pate designs. Each is decorated with three 22-karat gold beaded panels depicting Venus, nymphs and cupids playing musical instruments or otherwise interacting, three interspersed panels depict laurel centered with a flower. All the figures are composed of pate-sur-pate slip on a blue background. Panels are framed with 22-karat raised paste gold, gold beading and acid etched gold. The plates have an ivory background and plate well and a gilded foot rim. On each plate: 1 Plaque signed "A. Birks" 2 Plaques signed "AB", for Albion Birks, the last Minton pate-sur-pate artist to apprentice under the legendary Louis Solon, Pate-sur-pate is a French term meaning "paste on paste". It is a method of porcelain decoration in which a relief design is created on an unfired, unglazed body by applying successive layers of white slip or liquid clay with a brush. While the effect is somewhat similar to other types of relief decoration, unlike Jasperware, for which Wedgwood is famous, a mold is not used, and the artist is able to achieve translucency. The pate-sur-pate technique was developed in France. The technique was perfected at Minton by Louis Solon, a former Sevres artist. Pattern: H3696, made for Tiffany References: Plates similar to these were shown in the Minton Museum (see Bonhams, "Masterpieces of Minton", July 23, 2002). They are also documented in "The Vine Pottery, Birks Rawlings and Co. Influences from Minton and Spode-Copeland", page 34, Albion Birks has pieces in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, that can be seen on their website. Gianni Versace owned a set of these plates, they were auctioned at Sotheby's in 2005 (May 21, 2005 Sale, lot 350) Also see Sotheby's Sale April 19, 2013, lot 131 for similar. Email to inquire about other pâte-sur-pâte plates.

Creator:
Minton (Manufacturer),Albion Birks (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)Diameter: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 8
Style:
Neoclassical (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Gold Leaf,Porcelain,Burnished,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
1920-1929
Date of Manufacture:
1924
Condition:
Possibly have never been used.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4641217384642