Minton majolica 'Askos' mermaid wine

centerpiece in the form of two mermaids supporting large shell center, no. 1301, 40"w, 25"h, professional repairs to both mermaids and base

Vase c.1870, 21"h, 17"w, designed by Hughes Protat, modelled as a large nautilus decorated with a draped woman and cherubs to the front and crested by a seated woman above, all supported by two back t

table center, 10 1/2"h, 17"l, professional repair to arms

shell replaced, 14 1/2"

Compotes c.1860, After a design by John Thomas Modeled as a merman and a mermaid supported by a turtle and holding a shell bowl above their heads, 12½". ( Only one of two known pairs) The design of t

A Minton Majolica Shell Form Mermaid Centerpiece ‘Flower Bearers’, Shape No.1182  Probably Designed by Albert Carrier Belleuse. Modeled as a scallop shell flanked by mermaid supports, their hair

pitcher, 13", shape no 474, rim repair

23" h, modeled with a mermaid handle, her tail wrapped around a horned bacchus mask, with laurel leaf swags running along both sides and a putto below the spout, with panels in relief to either side,

DESCRIPTION:Ceramic hand painted centerpiece after the Minton majolica centerpiece designed by Carrier Belleuse. Features two beautiful mermaids supporting a conch shell on their backs, grasping ropes

shape 1313, molded as two spiraling mermaids in waves, around a central column of cattails, the deep edged top decorative with Greek key motif, all supported on a turquoise pedestal base with deep fri

Boar's Head tureen with rare matching fitted tray, no. 2141, 22"l, 15"w, 11 1/2"h. This is the rarest of all Minton majolica game tureens, very few are known to exist; an example is in the MAAS Powerh

form of a vulture attacking a snake, the vulture with pink neck, brown feathers with black wing tips on rock mound base, the rarest of Minton's figural majolica teapots, from the Marilyn Karmason Coll

and cover c.1870, the cover modeled as a yellow straw beehive with trailing blackberries, branch forming the handle, the base formed as a square platform supported by undulating branch, 13 1/2"h, 10"w

lidded urns with laurel swags, 24", professional repair to one lid

(2) rare Minton majolica shell-form Jardinieres, c. 1870, polychrome painted and tin glazed cast pottery, modeled as a single nautilus shell raised on coral branches, resting on a rock-form pedestal,

'Mushroom' tureen c.1875, modeled as an oval fern and ivy tree trunk with leafy green ground, fixed under tray, with a mischievous fox at either end watching two unsuspecting mallard ducks, the lid mo

shape no.1146, designed in two tiers, the top a fluted dish supported by three stags heads draped with pine boughs and cones about a knopped stem and socle centre section, the below tier divided six-p

stand, 39 1/2", ref: Karmason-Stacke p55, professional repair to leaf tips, beak

jardiniere with seaweed on base, 18"h,20"w

Desirable and Iconic Minton Majolica ‘Mushroom’ tureen c.1875, modeled as an oval fern and ivy tree trunk with leafy green ground, fixed under tray, with a mischievous fox at either end watching t

seat, shape no. 982, decorated with pink floral rosettes, floral and ivy seat, and three bracket feet, 18"; REF: Majolica Mania by Weber, Vol 2, p. 22

and cover, modeled as a fantastic fish with brown spout emerging from it's mouth supported on green waves and with brown seaweed handle with snail, the cover with a spikey dorsal fin, 7"h, 9"l; this t

tureen modeled as an oval tree truck with fox on each end chasing ducks on each side with mushroom finial; Karmason-Stacke p49; 16"w, 7 1/2"h, professional repairs to fox ears. Sue & Harry Thurmon Col

A Large and Impressive Minton Majolica ‘Lily Pad and Bullrush’ Salmon Server c.1875 A similar example illustrated in the London International Exhibition Catalogue 1862. Modelled as an oval platter