Very Rare Minton Majolica Match Striker c.1860

striker, the match holder formed as a pair riding boots and the striker as a boot scraper, all upon on mottled shaped pedestal base, shape no.498 and Minton mark to base, 4½”h

An Extremely Rare Minton Majolica ‘Cherubs’ Tazza c.1860. Designed by Hughes Protat and probably painted by Thomas Kirkby. Modelled as two winged cherubs wrestling a snake around a pedestal base w

c.1875, ( one of only two known examples ), modeled as white and grey owl holding a yellow basket resting on a brown rocky ground, all above a circular pedestal base with an unglazed edge to form the

A Very Rare Minton Majolica Figure ‘Neapolitan Water Carrier’ c.1860. Shape no.180. Modelled as a woman in 18th Century Italian costume and supporting a vase on her head. This design was to be mad

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

Jug & Bowl c.1860, the bowl and jug decorated with thick green leaves and white lilies, the handle formed as green stem and white lilies. Only known example. Pitcher 7 3/4"h, bowl 9 1/4"d. Catalogued

c.1860, the opposing designs, each modeled as a cobalt fluted pedestal, bell shaped candle holders, with two draped putto dressing the column in a laurel garland, all supported on a stepped oval base

Renaissance Revival Wall Brackets c.1860, 5 1/2"h, 5 1/2"w, shape no. 336, the trefoil shaped body decorated with band of cabochon over scroll edges with a mask between. Catalogued and curated by Nico

Revival Fluted Snake Handled Oviform Vases c.1860,shape 703, after designs by Alfred Stevens and designed in the Italian maiolica style, the fluted bodies in mottled cobalt blue and green, the handles

holder/striker with rare black rabbit, 5 1/2"l, 3"h, professional base rim repair

monkey toothpick/match holders, one of a lady monkey with a songbook and the other a male monkey with mandolin, professional base rim repair to lady, mandolin repair on the other; 4"

Festoon? designed by Baron Carlos Marochetti c.1860, the rare pink spirally fluted body hung with swags of fruit and flowers from rams-head handles. The fluted base with green edging, 14"h, 17"w. Cata

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

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,

(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,

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

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

the form of a yellow lychee with green stem handle and spout with leaf finial, 7"l, 5"h; Ann & Robert Fromer Collection

and Cover c.1875, 5 1/2", shape no. 1325, modeled as an upright pinecone, the upper quarter surmounted by a bird forming the lid, all on a shaped edge circular tray with a branch and leaves forming th

& Cover c.1865. Modeled as an upright pine cone with an attached branch forming the pen holder, the cover surmounted by a bird forming the handle, all upon a green leaf tray, 6"h. Donna & David Reis C

c.1875, modeled as a large green and purple mottled circular tray, the border formed as twelve oyster serving compartments, around a radiating green central medallion with a stylised flower head centr

water lily and cattail platter, shape no. 827, 24", professional rim repair

card holder designed by Paul Comolera c.1875, only two known example. Modeled as a brightly glazed Punchinello leaning over a post all upon a brown glazed rocky ground, 11". The fashion for decorative