Mintons Majolica Turquoise-Ground Lobster and Crab Oval

Mintons Majolica Turquoise-Ground Lobster and Crab Oval Fish Platter
Date cypher for 1880
Impressed uppercase mark, shape no. 2044 and black painted 8
The center with four radiating scallop shells, reserved on a turquoise ground, the border with lobster, crab, paired lemon slices and parsley. Height 23 7/8 inches.

Provenance:
Jean Sewell Antiques Ltd., Kensington Church Street, London, 1 October 1984.

Literature:
Suzanne Slesin, "Dishing for Compliments", O at Home, Fall 2004, pp. 92-93.

Reference:
Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 38, fig. 58. Joan Jones, Minton: Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, p. 152.

C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: appears to be in generally good, undamaged condition; uniform light crazing visible to the turquoise center and the turquoise-glazed underside; consistent with age; no evidence of of restoration or over paint under black light

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