Property from an Important Private Collection
A rare Minton majolica life-size figure of a peacock, circa 1876
Estimate
90,000 - 120,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
modelled by Paul Comoléra, standing proudly, its tail falling behind it, on a tall matt grey rocky base applied with trailing bramble branches, ivy vines, leafy foliage and wild mushrooms, impressed MINTONS twice, date symbol for 1876, impressed shape no. 2045 and letter N
Haut. 154 cm, height 60 5/8 in.
with J.B. Hawkins Antiques, Australia;
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984.
Bibliographie comparative
S. Weber, C. Arbuthnott, J. Briggs, E. Hughes, E. Martin, L Microulis (dir.), Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States 1850-1915, catalogue d'exposition, 3 vols., New Haven et Londres, 2020
J. Jones, Minton: The First Two Hundred Years of Design and Production, Shrewsbury, 1993
P. Atterbury et M. Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton, Woodbridge, 1990
M. G. Karmason et J. B. Stacke, Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989
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