Minton Majolica Comolera's Cat

Pitcher c.1870, 10", designed by Paul Comolera, Shape no.1924; modelled as Paul Comolera's own cat sat upright with one paw over a mouse, it's tail forming the handle, all upon an oval grassy ground.

Probably Designed by Paul Comolera, naturalistically modeled as a tabby cat, seated on its haunches, trapping a mouse under its right paw, its tail forming the handle. shape no 1924. Height 10". Comol

figural pitcher, shape no. 1924, 10", professional rim repair

pitcher, 10", professional rim repair

MINTON MAJOLICA RARE CAT W/MOUSE FIGURAL PITCHER, SHAPE #1924, MEASURES 10" HIGH, EXCELLENT ESTATE FOUND CONDITION, AS PICTURED

Limited edition fine china teapot with beautiful coloration in a boat form decorated with mice frieze on sides and cat looking down a mouse holding a carrot that decorates a removable lid. Minton back

A LARGE 'CATS' HEAD' MAJOLICA VASE, MINTONS, STOKE-UPON-TRENT, CIRCA 1862 of baluster form, with a waisted flaring neck, the body with a continuous grape vine motif against a purpurine ground, the han

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

Marked P (Paul) Comolera (French, 1818-1897), shape no. 1917. Underside marked "Mintons, 1917" 40-1/2"h x 14"dia Reference: Victoria Bergeson, Majolica, col. pl. VII. Nicholas Dawes, Majolica, p. 55.

Figural Majolica Center Bowl Marked Minton, 11" x 14", Cat Lying on Back on Pillow Holding Bowl up with Paws, Nice Detail, Vivid Colors, Private Collection, PA

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

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,

'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

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

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