A MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE SALMON-PINK-GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASE, CIRCA 1880

Property from a Private Greenwich, Connecticut Collection

A MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE SALMON-PINK-GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASE, CIRCA 1880

of baluster form, above a flaring neck applied with two scrolling acanthus handles, decorated with a medallion in white slip on a green-ground with a putto among foliage and feeding three birds in flight, within a raised-gilt surround surmounted by rocaille trellis and diaper, the reverse with a slightly smaller green-ground medallion reserving military trophy, gilt-crowned MINTONS globe mark

height 8⅛ in.

20.7 cm