Live Auction 3775The Opulent Eye - 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art, Ceramics & Carpets
A MINTON PATE-SUR-PATE DARK CHOCOLATE-BROWN PLAQUE
Lot 106

A MINTON PATE-SUR-PATE DARK CHOCOLATE-BROWN PLAQUE

CIRCA 1872, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON

Closed21 October 2015

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USD 37,500

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A MINTON PATE-SUR-PATE DARK CHOCOLATE-BROWN PLAQUE
CIRCA 1872, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON
Finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a procession of maidens bowing and offering their hearts to an enthroned Cupid
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high, 13 1/8 in. wide, excluding the wooden frame

Specialist note

The present plaque likely corresponds to a "slab" of 1872 by Solon entitled "Girls offering their hearts to Cupid" that is listed in among an inventory of Titled Pâte-sur-Pâte Ware by Solon. See J. Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 338.