Lot Details
Lot 55
Minton Majolica 'Japanese Boat' Spill Vase
Designed by Johann (John) Hasselmann Hénk, shape no. 1926, circa 1875
After a Japanese ivory, modeled with two figures in Japanese costume in a narrow boat formed from a blooming prunus and pine tree, the hollow trunk with a female figure standing at the stern holding an oar-form rudder and a seated companion at the bow holding a fan before the open spill, turquoise interior, incised shape no., signed in the mold J. Henk. Height 6 inches, width 13 5/8 inches.
Johann (John) Hasselmann Hénk (1846-1914), son of Christian Hénk, joined the Minton firm in 1859 as an apprentice. He was to become Minton's Chief Staff modeler, specializing in majolica animals and figures.
Provenance:
Sotheby's, New York, English Majolica from a Private Collection, March 11, 1997, lot 296 (Gyora and Judith Novak Collection, Dakota Building, New York).
Literature:
KL001500. Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 39, fig. 16.
Exhibited:
'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-514; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.36; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 October 2022-29 January 2023.
Reference:
Atterbury and Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton, p. 41. Joan Jones, Minton: Two Hundred Year of Design & Production, p. 157. Victoria and Albert Museum / Thomas Goode & Co., Minton 1798-1910, 1976, pl. 65, cat. L14, p. 79-80.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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