Lot Details
Lot 1063
Minton Renaissance Style Turquoise-Fluted Pseudo-Snake Handled Oviform Vase
Date cypher for 1859
Printed puce crown and ermine marks impressed shape no. 703, after designs by Alfred Stevens
In the Italian maiolica mannerist style, painted with alternate vertical panels of classical figures and grotesques, the handles formed as coiled snake-like spirals with female mask terminals, on a circular foot. Height 11 1/4 inches.
Note:
Alfred George Stevens (British, 1817-1875) was a sculptor and member of the Thorwaldsen studio in Rome. Famed for the Wellington monument in St. Paul's cathedral, Stevens was associated with Minton circa 1859-1861 and is principally known for designing majolica vases and wares in the Renaissance style.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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