Live Auction 17140The Collector: English & European 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE PEACOCK-BLUE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
Lot 170 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE SOLON FAMILY

A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE PEACOCK-BLUE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

DATED 1908, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON 1908

Closed9 April 2019

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A MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE PEACOCK-BLUE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
DATED 1908, SIGNED L.(OUIS) SOLON 1908
Possibly entitled 'Les Amours en cerf-volant', finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a maiden flying two kites to which she has tied putti
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high; 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) wide

The Collection of Louis Solon.
By decent to G.K. Solon, grandson of the artist.

Specialist note

The unusually matte surface of this plaque seems to be explained by Solon himself on its reverse. There is a pencil inscription that states "...the glaze polish was effected by use of diamond dust with camel hair brushes... Solon".