Lot Details
Lot 13
Mintons Majolica Cobalt-Blue Ground 'Protât' Ewer
Shape no. 1136, circa 1865
The serpentine strap handle molded with shells and foliage above an undulating spout, the scale-molded neck and shoulder applied with a seductive nereid and a young triton holding drapery above the scallop shell form body, on a conforming foot, impressed uppercase mark, shape no., and black painted P, HP monogram on the handle strap for the modeler Hugues Protât. Height 14 1/2 inches.
Hugues Protât (born 1816, active 1835-1890), was a French sculptor employed in England in the early 1850's. At the Minton Memorial Institute, Stoke, he was appointed 'Modelling Instructor' at the School of Art, 1859-1863, but continued to work in a freelance capacity.
Literature:
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, fig. 1.16 (poster).
Exhibited:
'English Majolica', Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 19 January - 11 April 1982.
Reference:
KL001517 Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Mintons, p. 292. Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica', Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 59 & 76, cat. no. 106 (£480). Joan Jones, Minton: Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, p. 157. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 41.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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