Lot Details
Lot 10
Minton Majolica Renaissance Style Cobalt-Blue Ground Double Portrait Charger of Henri IV and Marie De Medici
Date cypher for 1858 and two small cyphers
After a medallion by Guillaume Dupré, circa 1605.
The center relief molded with a three-quarter length portrait of the French Royal couple, the cavetto embossed HENRIC IIII R CHRIS MARIA AVGVSTA within a border of alternating yellow fleur-de-lis and jade green oval bosses. Diameter 11 3/8 inches.
Provenance:
Nicolaus Boston Antiques, Kensington Church Street, London, December 3, 1994.
Literature:
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, fig. 12.49.
Reference:
For a medallion cast in bronze after Dupré, see The British Museum, Accession Number: 1988,0628.1. Henri IV, the king of France, married Marie de Medici, his second wife, in 1600. The birth of an heir (later Louis XIII) in 1601 helped to quell sectarian violence between French Catholics and Protestants. The medallion was first commissioned in silver and gold, by Henri to celebrate the birth of the dauphin. The charger is illustrated in a Minton catalogue for the London International Exhibition, 1862. Victoria Cecil, Minton 'Majolica', Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 68, cat. no. 70.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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