Lot Details
Lot 49
Mintons Majolica Cobalt-Blue Ground Cockerel, Snail and Monkey Teapot and Cover
Shape no. 624, date cypher for 1877
Ovoid, each side molded with a shield medallion reserved on a dark-blue ground, the spout as a startled crowing cockerel, the handle as a climbing mischievous monkey and the green-ground reeded cover with yellow snail finial, the interior turquoise, impressed uppercase mark and a small cypher, shape no., two black painted 3s with flourish and 20 to cover, height 6 inches, length 9 inches; Together with Royal Doulton Porcelain Limited Edition Minton Archive Collection Cockerel and Monkey Cobalt-Blue Ground Teapot and Cover. Edition no. 630, 20th century, decorated in majolica style glazes, with printed Minton Archive Collection mark, length 9 inches.
Provenance (Mintons Cobalt-Blue Ground Cockerel, Snail and Monkey Teapot and Cover, 1877):
Richard Dennis, 144 Kensington Church Street, London, February 15, 1988.
Reference (Mintons Cobalt-Blue Ground Cockerel, Snail and Monkey Teapot and Cover, 1877):
Joan Jones, Minton: The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, p. 152. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 2.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Later Teapot: appears to be in generally good condition
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