Live Auction 221019th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art & Ceramics
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Lot 247

A PAIR OF MINTON BLUE AND GREEN GROUND MAJOLICA CANDLESTICKS

DATE CYPHER FOR 1863, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, A AND CYPHER, LISTED AS SHAPE NO. 765

Closed20 October 2009

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A PAIR OF MINTON BLUE AND GREEN GROUND MAJOLICA CANDLESTICKS
DATE CYPHER FOR 1863, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, A AND CYPHER, LISTED AS SHAPE NO. 765
Of knopped form, molded in the Renaissance style with satyr and goat masks among Bérainesque scrollwork and bands of acanthus, ribbon-tied laurel and faux jewels, the pierced base applied with fruiting swags and raised on three scroll feet
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

For further examples see P. Atterbury and M. Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton, Suffolk, 1990, p. 177 and Victoria & Albert Museum and Thomas Goode & Co. Ltd. Exhibition Catalogue, Minton 1798-1910, London 1976, p. 45, pl. 29, Cat. F8.