Minton Majolica Cream-Ground Recumbent 'Gun Dog'
Minton Majolica Cream-Ground Recumbent 'Gun Dog' Game-Pie Dish and Cover
Date cypher for 1867
Impressed uppercase mark and 12, shape no. 964, black painted T to base and cover interior
Molded as an oval basket, the bound branch handles with leafing holly terminals, the shallow domed cover with a bird dog resting on a powder flask, a rifle and a game-bag, the side with either a panel of a running hare or a pheasant, on four paw feet, turquoise interior. Width overall 14 1/4 inches.
Provenance:
With Michael Davis, Surrey (label)
Reference:
Victoria Bergeson, Majolica, p. 39, fig. 26. Joan Jones, Minton: Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, p. 152. Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica,' Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 61 and 62, cat. no. 53. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 49. Rosalie W. Sharp, China to Light Up a House, vol. two, p. 175.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: appears to be in overall very good condition; there are perhaps three small barely detectable vertical short scratch lines/flake glaze loss, located above the flange on the dish, not of any consequence; not examined under black light
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 Cream-Ground Recumbent 'Gun Dog' Game-Pie Dish and Cover
Date cypher for 1867
Impressed uppercase mark and 12, shape no. 964, black painted T to base and cover interior
Molded as an oval basket, the bound branch handles with leafing holly terminals, the shallow domed cover with a bird dog resting on a powder flask, a rifle and a game-bag, the side with either a panel of a running hare or a pheasant, on four paw feet, turquoise interior. Width overall 14 1/4 inches.
Provenance:
With Michael Davis, Surrey (label)
Reference:
Victoria Bergeson, Majolica, p. 39, fig. 26. Joan Jones, Minton: Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, p. 152. Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica,' Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 61 and 62, cat. no. 53. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 49. Rosalie W. Sharp, China to Light Up a House, vol. two, p. 175.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: appears to be in overall very good condition; there are perhaps three small barely detectable vertical short scratch lines/flake glaze loss, located above the flange on the dish, not of any consequence; not examined under black light
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.
