English & European Ceramics & Glass - 13th September 2011

Lot 228

Two Minton Majolica nut dishes c.1868-70

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £400

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Description

Two Minton Majolica nut dishes c.1868-70, modelled as a blue tit and a robin each perched on an oak leaf, impressed marks, and a Majolica flattened hexagonal teapot and cover in the Aesthetic style, some damages and repairs, 19cm max. (4) Cf. Nicholas M Dawes, Majolica, p.138, fig.241 for a similar teapot in the City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.