Minton Majolica 'Shell Bearer' Centerpiece
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Minton Majolica 'Shell Bearer' Centerpiece
Designed by Albert Carrier Belleuse, shape no. 1182, date cypher for 1865
Modeled as two nereids supporting a large shell suspended from garlands, on an oval base, impressed uppercase mark, three small cyphers and shape number. Height 10 3/4 inches, width 18 inches.
Literature:Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 17, fig. 11.30.
Exhibited:'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-447.
Reference:Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica', Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 67, cat. no. 69. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 86, fig. 147 (drawing). Joan Jones, Minton: Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, p. 155, for a large example (40 1/8 in.). Rosalie W. Sharp, China to Light Up a House, vol. two, p. 187.
The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Designed by Albert Carrier Belleuse, shape no. 1182, date cypher for 1865
Modeled as two nereids supporting a large shell suspended from garlands, on an oval base, impressed uppercase mark, three small cyphers and shape number. Height 10 3/4 inches, width 18 inches.
Literature:Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 17, fig. 11.30.
Exhibited:'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-447.
Reference:Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica', Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 67, cat. no. 69. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 86, fig. 147 (drawing). Joan Jones, Minton: Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, p. 155, for a large example (40 1/8 in.). Rosalie W. Sharp, China to Light Up a House, vol. two, p. 187.
The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition
One mermaid handle restored, the interior with over spray.
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Minton Majolica 'Shell Bearer' Centerpiece
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