Lot Details
Lot 105
Group of English, Continental and American Majolica Articles
Circa 1872-1900
Comprising a Minton black-ground miniature 'Helmet' salt, shape no. 1568, date cypher for 1871, modeled laying on its side, the yellow chin strap flipped up, on a circular foot, impressed uppercase mark and shape no., height 3 inches, width 4 inches; a basket-form egg cup stand and six egg cups, circa 1880, of quatrefoil form, the ribbon-tied central handle molded with scale pattern, including six mottled blue, yellow and brown footed cups with pink interiors, unmarked, brown painted 4, the underside yellow, height of each cup 2 inches, width 9 1/8 inches; a French Palissy ware cobalt-blue ground miniature planter, circa 1880, attributed to Thomas Sergent, in the form of a miniature jardinière or rustic square orange tub, an upright branch foot at each corner, the sides molded with fruiting grapevine and oak branches with acorn, the ochre-yellow underside pierced, unmarked, 2 5/8 inches square; a Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Comedy and Tragedy double-mask match pot and striker, date code IAA for 1872, modeled as addorsed gaping theatrical masks, edged in yellow and turquoise, the sides ribbed as a striker, turquoise interior, impressed uppercase mark, registry diamond (11-I-B-5) 11 October 1872, parcel 5, puce pattern no. M1123/4, height 3 1/4 inches; a T.C. Brown, Westhead, Moore & Co. tortoise-ground double salt, circa 1875, of Whieldon-type, modeled as two conjoined shells with an upright loop seaweed handle, splashed in brown, green and ochre glazes, impressed uppercase mark, black painted 443, width 4 inches; a blue-ground portrait medallion brass knob, circa 1880, modeled with the profile of a Victorian maiden wearing pearls, to sinister, diameter 2 1/2 inches; a Griffen Smith & Co. and J.W. Allyn flower and vine form non-corrosive pen-wiper and holder, circa 1879-90, the blue flower form nozzle filled with bristles; the base molded as a green vine wreath, unmarked, with applied Allyn's patent paper label, diameter 3 1/2 inches; and a Massier French Barbotine 'Chrysanthemum' spill vase, circa 1900, modeled as a single pink flower before a hollow stem, the leaves forming a tripartite base, unmarked, height 4 1/4 inches.
Provenance (Griffen Smith & Co. and J.W. Allyn Flower and Vine Form Non-Corrosive Pen-Wiper and Holder):
Strawser Auctions, Hatfield, PA, October 25, 1997, lot 740, auction ID no. 971025.
Literature (Griffen Smith & Co. and J.W. Allyn Flower and Vine form Non-Corrosive Pen-Wiper and Holder):
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, fig. 30.73.
Reference (Basket-Form Egg Cup Stand and Six Egg Cups):
Glazed and Confused, Victorian Pottery 1850-1920, the EtruscanMajolica.blogspot.com, 29 August 2010, for a basket and egg cups of this form, unidentified. Jacqueline Adams Antiques identifies a similar basket with cups as French, 19th century, inventory no. BLD388.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Massier French Barbotine Majolica 'Chrysanthemum' Spill Vase: chips to petals and to foot
Griffen Smith & Co. and J.W. Allyn flower and vine form non-corrosive pen-wiper and holder: with applied Allyn's patent paper label, printed: ALLYN'S NON-CORROSIVE PEN-WIPER AND HOLDER / PATENT APPLIED FOR. / WIPE THE PEN DRY ON THE BRISTLES AFTER USE, BEFORE SETTING IT IN THE HOLDER, AND AGAIN BEFORE DIPPING IT IN THE INK / [in script] J. W. Allyn
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