Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE PEACOCK-BLUE-GROUND VASES CIRCA 1886
shape number 3135, decorated by Marc Louis Solon, each signed L. Solon in white slip, each of baluster form with a waisted trumpet neck, applied at the shoulder with gilt-enriched scroll handles, decorated in white slip, one with a maiden amidst floating books beneath hanging lamps, the other with a maiden reading amidst flowers beneath baskets of further flowers, the respective reverse of each with a figural bust on a pedestal or a cupid with bow and arrow issuing from a quiver, crowned globe Mintons marks in gold, impressed MINTONS mark, letter J, one with indistinct date code of a swan, probably for 1886, gilded letter K, incised X.
Height 15⅜ in.
39 cm
David Seidenberg Antiques, New York, 1979