A pair of Minton turquoise-ground fan-shaped vases circa 1870

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Description

height 9 1/8 in.
23.1 cm

designed by Christopher Dresser, painted on each side with sprays of red berries and white dog roses above a simulated carved and gilt wood stand, indistinct incised and impressed marks. Both with cracks to bases.

Provenance

Sold, Christie's, New York, Apirl 24, 2003, lot 179

Catalogue Note

For a flask of this form dated 1869 see Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two-Hundred Years of Design and Production, p. 109.