A PAIR OF MINTON COBALT-BLUE GROUND 'NEW DRESDEN' POT-POURRI VASES & COVERS

CIRCA 1838

细节

A PAIR OF MINTON COBALT-BLUE GROUND 'NEW DRESDEN' POT-POURRI VASES & COVERS
Circa 1838
Of neo-Rococo form, the quatrefoil domed cover surmounted by a putto holding a flower garland, above four reticulated rocaille-moulded cartouches centering panels painted with roses, pansies or fruit, the body painted front and back with 18th century views emblematic of the Seasons, identified at the lower left, above corresponding sprays of fruit and flowers, the conforming socle raised on four scroll feet
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high (4)

拍品专文

See Geoffrey Godden, Minton Pottery & Porcelain of the First Period 1793-1850, New York, 1968, the dust jacket cover and fig. 122 for an example of this model and the corresponding archival drawing from The Minton Book of Ornamental Shapes, no. 219.