Minton Majolica Crab Meat Server and Cover Date cypher
Minton Majolica Crab Meat Server and Cover
Date cypher for 1859
Unmarked, recorded as shape no. 801, impressed cyphers O
The cover naturalistically modeled as a large crab resting on a bed of seaweed, set on a turquoise well surrounded by twelve alternate cobalt and brown ogival shaped wells, the interior turquoise. Width overall 15 3/4 inches.
Literature:
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 48.
Exhibited:
English Majolica, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 19 January - 11 April 1982.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: Cover: there are three rim chips to the underside of the cover, professionally restored; professional restoration to a chip on the underside of the finial; it presents really well; blacklighted
Server: professional restoration to the outer rim edge of one the blue-colored pockets; there are a few minor scattered chips to the rim; there are some scattered small bubbles to the surface of the glaze; it presents really well; blacklighted
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
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Minton Majolica Crab Meat Server and Cover
Date cypher for 1859
Unmarked, recorded as shape no. 801, impressed cyphers O
The cover naturalistically modeled as a large crab resting on a bed of seaweed, set on a turquoise well surrounded by twelve alternate cobalt and brown ogival shaped wells, the interior turquoise. Width overall 15 3/4 inches.
Literature:
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 48.
Exhibited:
English Majolica, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 19 January - 11 April 1982.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: Cover: there are three rim chips to the underside of the cover, professionally restored; professional restoration to a chip on the underside of the finial; it presents really well; blacklighted
Server: professional restoration to the outer rim edge of one the blue-colored pockets; there are a few minor scattered chips to the rim; there are some scattered small bubbles to the surface of the glaze; it presents really well; blacklighted
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
