Live Auction 221019th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art & Ceramics
Christie’s roundel
Lot 267

A MINTON MAJOLICA FOUNTAIN BASIN

DATE CYPHER FOR 1870, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND CYPHERS, FAINTLY INCISED 1068

Closed20 October 2009

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A MINTON MAJOLICA FOUNTAIN BASIN
DATE CYPHER FOR 1870, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND CYPHERS, FAINTLY INCISED 1068
The rim of the wide bowl molded with daisies above a wide band of trellis, the lower-body with stiff-leaf tips, its pedestal foot with four cabochons suspending berried ribbon-tied swags
23 1/8 in. (58.7 cm.) wide

Specialist note

This form was originally made as part of a two-tier fountain with a dolphin support (model 1207). For an illustration see M.G. Karmason with J.B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 2002, p. 220.