Mintons Six English Porcelain Saucers with "Chinoserie" Design

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About the Item

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Six amazing English porcelain saucers, once probably belonged to a large and important table set, have the size of dessert, the design is in style "chinoiserie", completely hand-painted with art and rare skill, the artist has meticulously cared for even the smallest details, has used bright colors, vibrant and well distributed; on the back, we find the trademark of the famous English factory Mintons, from the style and the trademark we can date the saucers between 1920 and 1925; the design is underglaze, therefore they can be used at the table or as beautiful and colorful decoration objects. Mintons, founded in 1793 Stoke-upon-Trent, was one of the main pottery companies in Staffordshire, the main pottery factory in Europe during the Victorian era, an independent business from 1793 to 1968. He was a leader in ceramic design, working in a number of different ceramic bodies, decorative techniques, and a glorious array of styles, rococo forms with oriental motifs, classical forms with medieval designs, and Art Nouveau borders were among the many wonderful productions of this famous company; he created ceramic, majolica, bone-china, porcelain, and even "pate-sur-pate", it's a French term meaning "paste on paste". This is a method of porcelain decoration in which an embossed design is created on an unfired, unglazed body, usually with a colored body, by applying successive layers of (usually) white porcelain slip and liquid clay with a brush. We also recall that the Minton factory was the most popular source of supply in the 19th and early 20th century of custom tableware for embassies and heads of state. Measures: diameter cm.17, height cm.2. For all our shipments we use special packaging materials (wooden crates, styrofoam, etc.) for maximum protection and safety of the objects.

Creator:
Minton (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 0.79 in (2 cm)Diameter: 6.7 in (17 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 6
Style:
Chinoiserie (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1920-1925
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Prato, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4632223714032

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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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