Lot 276
  • 276

A rare Minton bone china quintal vase 1868

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • height 6 1/8 in. (15.4cm)
designed by Dr. Christopher Dresser, enamelled in cloisonné style with a crab or a butterfly beneath five upright stylized peacock feathers, impressed MINTON and year cypher. Very minor haircracks to base.

Catalogue Note

A number of turquoise-ground wares designed by Dresser for Minton is illustrated by Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production, p. 90-111.