Lot 66
A Minton faience twin-handled bottle vase, circa 1872,
Auction: 21 April 2004 at 12:00 BST
£1,058
Description
of tapering form with applied foot, painted with panels of flowering branches in the 'Persian' style
Dimensions
53cm high
Footnote
Ref: 'The Dictionary of Minton' by Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, pub. Antique Collectors Club, p. 160, illus.
Note: Illustrared in the above 'Art Studio design for a 'Persian' bottle, based on a 16th century model, c.1872', appears in the Minton Archives.
A pencil note to the top right side suggests it was loaned to the then South Kensington Museum.