Minton Majolica Faux Bamboo Garden Seat Circa 1875

Minton Majolica Faux Bamboo Garden Seat
Circa 1875
Unmarked, black painted T, recorded as model no. 481
Modeled as a cylindrical bundle of bamboo twice bound by a blue floral ribbon and bow, the top pierced with a hexagonal hand hold, the seat with a radiating hexagonal design, inset foot. Height 18 1/2 inches.

Note:
This model appears in the Mintons catalogue for the International Exhibition of 1862, London.

Provenance:
Nicolaus Boston Antiques, Kensington Church Street, London, 3 December 1994.

Literature:
Majolica International Society, Karmason Library, no. KL001618.
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, fig. 5.64.

Reference:
Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica', Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 36 for a design drawing from the 1884 Minton Shape Book, p. 45, cat. no. 14.

C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: Presents well; professional restoration, including to foot area, with hairlines that now shows through the restoration, including overspray; the restoration to this area is approx. 10 in.; examination under black light reveals restoration to a hairline across the seat (visible under black light on both the top side and underside); there is a small patch of restoration/infilling to the seat top, visible under black light; some wear to highpoints on seat, commensurate with use; examined under black light

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