Live Auction 221019th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art & Ceramics
Christie’s roundel
Lot 277 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROSALIE WISE SHARP

A MINTONS MAJOLICA COCKEREL SPILL VASE

CIRCA 1876, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND SI, INSCRIBED J.(OHN) HENK

Closed20 October 2009

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USD 5,250

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A MINTONS MAJOLICA COCKEREL SPILL VASE
CIRCA 1876, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND SI, INSCRIBED J.(OHN) HENK
The colorfully plumed bird modeled standing among tall grasses and foliage, eyeing the contents of a squared clapboard jardinière, on an oval stepped mound base
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

See M.G. Karmason with J.B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 54 for another of this model.