A Minton Majolica Crab-Form Seafood Dish and Cover, Circa 1868
No reserve
Auction Closed
February 3, 09:38 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
modeled naturalistically as a crab with seaweed finial, with twelve scalloped oyster pockets with laced rims, indistinct impressed uppercase mark, impressed date code, possibly for 1868, shape no. 801
width 15 3/4 in.
40 cm
The Collection of Richard Mellon Scaife, Christie's New York, July 1, 2015, lot 414
A similar Minton crab tureen and cover is illustrated in Marlyn G. Karmason and Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, p. 48. Another was sold at Sotheby's New York, Property from The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Merians, October 22, 2010 lot 31.
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