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Amazing Pair of Mintons Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Covered Vases w/ Still Life
$26,000
£20,089.51
€23,225.37
CA$36,739.88
A$41,206.22
CHF 21,579.06
MX$500,695.74
NOK 274,017.90
SEK 259,788.28
DKK 173,365.22
About the Item
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 circular pedestal bases. The central panels on each side are framed in gilt beaded borders and depict dense still life arrangements rendered in enamel colors on a white ground. The painted decoration includes a variety of identifiable flowers and fruit, such as yellow and white roses, purple lilacs, pink peonies, orange marigolds, blue morning glories, and red and white carnations. The fruit includes clusters of red and white grapes, ripe peaches, cherries, apricots, plums, pomegranates, and red currants, arranged in overlapping layers with green foliage and vine tendrils extending into the composition.
The vases are set with white scrolled handles overlaid with applied matte gilt foliate mounts and terminating in curled volutes at the shoulder. Between the handles are suspended wreaths and floral garlands modeled in relief and gilded in a matte finish. A band of raised white enamel cabochons encircles the neck below the rim, bordered by flat gilt bands. The upper shoulders are further decorated with continuous bands of gilt oak-leaf scrollwork, while the lower body features fluted white panels intertwined with diagonal blue and gilt ribbon-like decoration. A frieze of scrolling foliage in gilt on cobalt is applied around the lower register, directly above the spreading base.
The lids are similarly decorated with a cobalt ground and a band of gilt foliage along the sloped rim. Each is surmounted by a pomegranate-form finial modeled in high relief, surrounded by molded clusters of acorns, oak leaves, and flower heads in white and gilt. The interior of each vase is glazed in white, and the lid fits snugly into a recessed lip at the opening. The enamel, gilding, and applied work are consistently executed across the pair, with each floral and fruit composition varying slightly in placement and grouping.
England, Circa: 1880
- Creator:Minton (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 12.25 in (31.12 cm)Depth: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
- Style:Louis XVI (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1880
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU919544337432
Minton
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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