Timeless Nature: Property from a Private New York Collection
Two Minton Majolica 'Coral Shell' Jardinieres, Circa 1866 and 1896
Lot Closed
October 16, 05:07 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
naturalistically modelled as a large shell, raised on a cluster of red coral, the rocky base with seaweed, one impressed upper case MINTON mark, date code for 1866, various impressed marks, one impressed numeral 996, date code of a swan and numeral 2 for 1896, various impressed numerals, printed MINTONS globed England mark
Height 26 1/2 in.
67.3 cm
This lot or lot 71:
William L. Chidester, Inc., Los Angeles
Acquired from the above, June 22, 1957
A Minton 'Coral Shell' of this form was exhibited on the Minton stand at the London International Exhibition in 1862. A further example is illustrated by Joan Jones, Minton. The First Two-Hundred Years of Design and Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 142. Two sold at Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collection of Dodie Rosekrans, December 8-9, 2011, lot 182 ($18,750), and a further example sold at Sotheby's New York, October 30, 2003, lot 4 ($22,800).
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