A MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE OLIVE-GREEN-GROUND VASE 1884

A MINTONS PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE OLIVE-GREEN-GROUND VASE 1884

shape number 1937, decorated by Marc Louis Solon, incised L Solon, incised, of baluster form with a waisted trumpet neck, applied at the shoulder with gilt and platinum enriched rope-twist handles terminating in Bacchic masks, decorated in multi-colored slips, the front with a maiden wearing a diaphanous gown holding two hearts tied with ribbon, the reverse, with an oval medallion of cupid holding a hammer, both within gilt-edged navette-shaped panels, the shoulder and base with oak-leaf tendrils, crowned globe Mintons marks in gold, impressed MINTONS mark, letter M, date code for 1884.
Height 16 in.
40.6 cm

Condition Report:
There are areas of wear to gilding throughout, some of which is visible in the catalogue illustration. The piece is intact and no restoration is present.

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SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Provenance:
Collection of the Minton Museum

Bonhams London, July 23, 2002, lot 205