Lot Details
Lot 86
Group of English and Continental Fish-Themed Majolica and Porcelain Table Articles
Comprising a Royal Doulton porcelain Minton Archive Collection 'Spikey Fish' teapot and cover, copyright 1996, ltd. ed. of 2,500, modeled as a shaded blue fish among scrolling waves, with spiked fin finial and seaweed and shell thumbrest handle, black printed Minton Archive Collection mark and no. 25, painter's monogram BCE, and signed Inspection label, height 7 1/2 inches, width 9 inches; two Julius Dressler Bohemian majolica fish-shaped dishes, circa 1890-1900, naturalistically modeled as a broad fish molded with green and yellow scales, trimmed in pink, impressed model no. 4774, black painted 26, and two cyphers, length overall 12 inches; a British Majolica fish swallowing fish teapot and cover, circa 1875, attributed to Adams & Bromley, modeled as a large gray scaled fish with manganese fins, green tail and yellow mask, swallowing a smaller fish forming the spout, the underside in ochre-yellow, unmarked, width 11 inches; and a British Majolica fish-form teapot tray, attributed to Adams & Bromley, circa 1875, naturalistically modeled with graduated gray to green scales and brown fins, the underside mottled in brown and white, unmarked, length 12 3/8 inches.
Literature (Two Julius Dressler Bohemian Majolica Fish-Shaped Dishes):
KL001689.
Reference (British Majolica Fish Swallowing Fish Teapot and Cover):
Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 133, fig. 231 (likely Staffordshire).
Reference (British Majolica Fish-Form Teapot Tray):
Majolica International Society KL001129P (authority Strawser Auctions).
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Additional Notes & Condition Report
British Majolica Fish Swallowing Fish Teapot and Cover (Attributed to Adams & Bromley): Chip to flange.
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