A COLLECTION OF MINTON PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND VASES
Lot 103

A COLLECTION OF MINTON PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND VASES

CIRCA 1870-90, U-SHAPED VASE WITH IMPRESSED FACTORY MARK

Closed30 September 2021

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GBP 4,000

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A COLLECTION OF MINTON PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND VASES
CIRCA 1870-90, U-SHAPED VASE WITH IMPRESSED FACTORY MARK
Some pieces designed by Christopher Dresser, all with 'cloisonné' decoration, comprising: a fan-shaped tulip vase with flowers, two tea parcel form boxes or tea caddies and covers, two U-shaped double-branch vases each with a circular base, one with phoenix scrolls, a pair of vases with tripod bases, a pair of twin scroll-form vases with tied ribbon decoration, a baluster vase with a butterfly and another with an Iznik-style border
Vase with butterfly decoration: 8 in. (20 cm.) high

Specialist note


For examples of some of the forms in the present lot, see H. Lyons, Christopher Dresser The People's Designer, Woodbridge, 2005, p. 104, M. Whiteway, Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, Milan, 2001, p. 51 and W. Halen, Christopher Dresser, Oxford, 1990, p. 129.